Originally Posted by Jbenrod (Post 94463)

I have in my notes that someone has reported that they got the job done without removing the hoses as follows:

"You can flip the cooler and replace the seals without removing the coolant hoses. Takes some careful maneuvering, I had it done in 20 minutes. Remember that there is a 10mm nut holding the cooler to the engine block that must be removed too."

So if someone else has done it hopefully we can too! I might try and remove that heat shield though...

Where did you order the new seals from? A dealership or ebay etc. I haven't gotten them yet.

BTW, torque on the small nut is 69 inch-lb (~6 ft.lbs).