i searched for both and read through but i was wondering something.
can i pull the WHOLE thing up? meaning, disconnect the dp and L bracket, the lower ic pipe and oil return/feed. then unbolt the manifold and pull the manifold/turbo/o2 housing UP--wards out of the car?

because i ordered a buschur manifold and got a ported o2, i got stuck doing the o2 when i was doing my dp and exhaust. couldnt reach the 2 lower bolts (ic was still in car). now the manifold is here and these are the 2 things left to do.

or should i do the o2 from under the car using a wrench like in the how to? but when i do the manifold what is holding the turbo up? or do i do the manifold first since the L bracket is holding the o2 and turbo. then do the o2 housing?

 

What i did was unbolted the exhaust manifold and pulled that out. Unbolted the downpipe from the o2 housing, also unbolted the bracket from the o2 housing. I couldn't get the o2 sensor out while it was in the car. So I unpluged the wire, located underneath the sparkplug cover. Then last unbolt the v clamp on the turbine housing and pull the turbine housing and o2 housing out together. You have to be careful not to damage the turbine blades.

It's much easier to unbolt the o2 housing from the turbine housing when it's off of the car. If you only want to take out the o2 housing then you don't have to mess with the oil lines or the licp. The coolant lines and oil lines will hold the turbo up when the manifold and dp is off.

 

I pulled it all out. But you will need to take the rad out to make sure you can get the manifold out over the mani studs. Or you will end up f**king up your rad. I know this because I started to do it. Then stoped. Becasue i did that.

 

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Taking the radiator out makes everything 10 times easier. It doesn't take long to remove at all and it will save your knuckles from getting torn up, and keep you from damaging the radiator. Plus, you have a lot more room should you need a torch or anything like that

 

I have a similar question to this as I'm replacing my o2 housing, turbo/compressor and manifold this weekend. Can I remove it all as a whole? That seems a lot easier than doing one at a time. But I don't know if it's possible (without removing the radiator).

 

after spending this weekend pulling my turbo and everything going wrong, here is my conclusion:

1: drain oil and coolant.
2: unbolt the cross bars under the car and drop the downpipe off the o2 housing.
3: undo the lower intercooler piping.
4: remove the oil return line from the oil pan (don't lose the gasket)
5: undo the lines that go to the turbo and the upper radiator hose (oil, coolant, intake, boost, etc)
6: undo the manifold studs
7: gently remove entire assembly as a whole, carefully flexing the oil return line to clear the block (you will need 2 people, one under car and one above holding turbo).

This only works with the stock turbo, anything bigger and you'll destroy the radiator. It saved me so much time when I pulled the turbo for the second time this weekend. the first time, I took everything out separately and the manifold was a PITA.

 

Removing the radiator removes so much hassle down the road of removing the turbo. once its removed, disconnect the feed lines and return lines. Unbolt the DP and Bracket holding everything up under there. Unbolt the manifold and pull back up and out. Or you can do the manifold by itself. disconnect the L bracket from the bottom. Jack the car up from the dp and itll lift the motor and turbo, disconnect the turbos bolts and then lower the dp and it will drop the turbo away from the exhaust manifold. Remove the bolts and pull out.
-shane

 

thanks guys. i was lazy and decided to leave the radiator in the car. the parts i was ordering didnt come in. thanks to some lying vendors. i had access to almost all the bolts/nuts but without the part i just put it all back together. all this waiting and crap i just scheduled an install date with a local shop.