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Removing The Rigid Coolant Pipe On A 2.0 JTS






The rigid coolant pipe is made of plastic and because it goes from high temperatures to below zero in winter, over a period of time it cracks. You will need to remove the air con compressor and bracket for this one.

Rigid coolant pipe 60676070, antifreeze and jubilee clips.

Workshop time: 1 hour 30 mins




If you would like to book yourself into the workshop the price of this service on a JTS is £354.50

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Unscrew the four 5mm Allen key bolts on the engine cover.

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Undo the oil filler cap and remove the engine cover. You can replace the filler cap at this point to prevent anything being dropped down there.
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Undo the top of the flexi hose at the inlet manifold,
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and the bottom to the air flow meter.
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Detach the top breather hose.
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Cut/remove the clip connecting the radiators top inlet hose to the thermostat.
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Place a drain pan underneath the engine to catch the coolant when you pull this hose off.
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Undo the 10mm bolt for the wiring bracket,
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and the dipstick support bracket.
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Disconnect the inlet hose to the rigid coolant rail,
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and then the outlet hose.
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Take out the two bolts to the air flow meter to make access easier to the rigid pipe bottom hose later.
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Undo the rigid rail middle 15mm bolt.
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Unscrew the two 5mm Allen head bolts to the top side cover of the auxiliary belt,
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and the front 10mm bolt.
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Remove the right hand wheel.

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Unscrew the side cover in the wheel arch liner.

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Using a 15mm spanner on the bolt of the auxiliary tensioner pulley, pull/push the spanner in an anti clockwise direction (towards the front of the car) to release the tension on the belt, then carefully slip the belt off of the tensioner.
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Remove the undertray.
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Undo the two bottom 13mm bolts on the air con compressor.
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Take off the 10mm nut and bracket on the top stud of the compressor,
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then remove both studs.
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Undo the 15mm bolt in the middle of the compressor bracket,
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then the one under the exhaust manifold.
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Undo the three bottom bracket bolts in a row to release the part.
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Undo the upper and lower 10mm bolts on the rigid coolant pipe,
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then the last lower one at the other end.
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Now you can release the last two hose clamps and the pipe is free!
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