discopotato03 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I have been told its not possible to remove a spider inlet manifold complete from an EA82T . People say that it has to be taken off in its three layers , if thats the case why ? It seems possible at a glance to get at each inlet ports 3 bolts and the vacum hoses so whats the supposed dramas ? Cheers A . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 what are you concerned about or needing to do? remove it as an entire unit. in the event that you do have to remove the upper and lower pieces separate - it is so easy it doesn't matter. hard part will be if any of the bolts holding the manifold to the head shear off - that's a fairly common occurrence, a mess to deal with, and is independent of the upper and lower coming off separate or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discopotato03 Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Firstly my Spider is modified to take the std TB off an 86 RX L Series , had to be this way to get around the early twin switch TPS . I need to get the inlet manifold off complete so I can look down the inlet ports and see how carbon removed by that evil SUEC is holding my valves open robbing my engines compression . Anyway I'm told spiders cannot be removed or replaced complete with the engine insitu . We don't have easy access to spiders unique gaskets here in Australia and if there a reason why spiders have to be removed or replaced in layers I'd like to know why . I suspect its the inner bolt on each head but not tried to remove/replace yet . Please don't ask about my compression woes because all I'm interested in is getting the complete inlet off the heads so we can see inside the inlet ports . This was a properly rebuilt 40K old Vortex EA82T engine BTW . Cheers A . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 i've never had a problem removing them as an assembly. they just unbolt from the head and all the intake manifold bolts are easily accessible. once the manifold is unbolted they are awkward and tricky to wiggle completely out if you don't have everything out of the way - like power steering lines, a/c hoses, cruise/throttle cables, coolant hoses, wiring, etc - the fuel rails and all get caught up, hung up in stuff, etc. other than that annoyance i'm not seeing it, it's just an intake manifold and i've never removed them in layers in order to pull one off. who and how many folks told you it couldn't be removed as a unit? got a link to a thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discopotato03 Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 The person who did this manifolds install and also again when this engine went in . I was just looking at it and I cant see why it couldn't be lifted off once the 6 manifold to head bolts are removed . The reason I'm asking is because I wanted to know if there was anything unforseen before I tried to remove it . You've answered my question so thank you muchly . Cheers Adrian in Oz . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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