HOW the HELL do people remove the exhaust manifold on a ca18et!!!!

[Retros12]

right ive been at this all day with no joy!!

i cant get the nut that is blocked by the turbo!! one would think right remove the turbocharger but i cant get access to the rear 2 nuts either! Since there are the stupid locking tabs!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGRRRRRRRRRRRGRRRRRRRRRRR


how have people got round this??

[30psi]

I use special shaped spanners

[s13eater]

or just get ya wife to do it like i do,lol,

[tim murphy]

i use a spanner that i grinded the ring side down and use a mirror 2 locate the nut from under the manifold try that bud

[TooleyS15]

It's her car lol I'll pop to machine mart and buy some funky spanners tomorrow lol

[umpkin]

if you can remove the water pipes that feed the turbo, that also makes it easier, as they cross/run infront of the stud and nut in question.