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Anyone change an intake manifold gasket on a Y7? It looks like I can take the 8 or so nuts off the studs in the head and just slide the whole intake back without disconnecting anything else (there might be one more rigid bracket). True? I don't want to get in over my head and have to start removing fuel lines, fuel rail, injectors, etc.

I'm changing it because of another poster that said it can be a cause of air bubbles in coolant. His was leaking at the coolant bypass near the intake for cylinder 4. Also, I was hearing a sound that sounded like an exhaust leak under slight acceleration. I tightened up the nuts a bit and the sound went away! Still have the bubbles, so I want to change the gasket.

Any help for anyone that's done it would be appreciated.

 
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Also, MelJ has a service manual download in his sig.