Y pipe help needed!

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Aug 19, 2011 | 09:45 AM

rdunagan

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Y pipe help needed!

how would yall go about getting the up pipe and y pipe out? mine started leaking yesterday and i dont have alot of money to spend on it right now so i need to do it myself. its one of the things that i would rather pay someone to do but just dont have the money. whats the easiest way to pull it and put new one on?

Aug 19, 2011 | 11:19 AM

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Remove the turbo, and remove the clamp on the EGR cooler if its still there...

Remove nuts to the manifolds, and the whole thing will slide right out.

Aug 19, 2011 | 12:37 PM

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so pull it from the top? and do i need to split the up pipe and y pipe or leave them together

Aug 19, 2011 | 12:59 PM

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You can leave them together. It's a little squeeze to get it out but it will come. Move or remove the FICM too.

Aug 19, 2011 | 01:08 PM

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cool. how long does this take if i can get the turbo out in say 30 mins. ive pulled one that fast before. because im leaving tomorrow to go to the lake for the weekend so if i can do it in about 3 hours ill knock it out today

Aug 19, 2011 | 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rdunagan

If you have the y-pipe bolts at the manifold loose or out and turbo out--about 30 seconds or less to pull the y-pipe and another 30 to put it back in....turbo reinstall time is on YOU--LOL. 3 hours should be more than sufficient. My crippled azz can do one almost that fast.