I found it easier to just remove the turbo/manifold as an assembly.
I am just curious as to how the WGA is actually connected onto the turbo. A few bolts I'm assuming?
I found it easier to just remove the turbo/manifold as an assembly.
There's no way I'd try it with the turbo on the car... I had to take mine off to put a new gasket on Monday and I had it off and back on in an hour, so I don't see why you wouldn't just take it off.Yeah its just two small nuts and the clip holding it on. I did it without taking the turbo off the car but it was a pain to do.
Didn't wana deal with coolant. I hate coolant with a passion. I would say it took me about an hour to replace it with it still on the car. All I did was unbolt the manifold from the block and pull it out a little so I had enough space to work back there.
The turbo is oil and water cooled. The steel tubes coming from the turbo are the coolant lines and the braided one is the oil line.Coolant from where? Lol I am still in the process of learning all this stuff!
Drain it... Yes.Ah! So if I were to remove the turbo, what would I have to do about the coolant? Also, if the WGA is connected to the turbo would it come out attached when I remove it?
Yes. It has two 10mm nuts and a retaining clip at the wastegate itself.Awesome! Thanks guys, I appreciate all the help! But just to double check, when I remove the turbo, the WGA will come out with it?
Yes. It has two 10mm nuts and a retaining clip at the wastegate itself.
To remove the manifold you're going to need...
10mm socket/box end- (manifold heatshield/wastegate actuator/condensor fan assembly)
12mm socket (manifold studs/nuts)
12mm box end (manifold studs/nuts)
6mm allen (coolant/oil lines clamp)
14mm socket (j-pipe to s-pipe nuts)
6" extension
pliers (clamps for hoses assuming they're the factory clamps)
PB Blaster (or other penetrating oil)
It's really easy actually. I'm just giving you the list so you know exactly what you need. I've had the manifold off a dozen times and the engine out almost as many on these cars and like I said, I can remove it and reinstall it in an hour. Even being unexperienced, I would imagine this wouldn't take more than two hours. The tools I lised come in even the most basic tool sets.Wow, this seems a lot more complicated then I expected! Especially since I am unexperienced with this kinda stuff! Lol
I'm glad you posted that for him, because I forgot about the EGR pipe. 1 1/16" for it.click --> http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...tor)-replacement.&highlight=wastegate+install
everyone uses different methods. This might give you a little bit of a visual aid.