What are all the steps in pulling the intake manifold?

"Can’t see the nuts, can you. This is the one aspect of BMWs that I truly hate more than anything else"

No, Can't see em'... But I can feel them, and get a socket on them.. And I've taken off 3 Intake Manifolds off M20s without removing the Fuel rail with no difficulty. Didn't even occur to me it would be necessary. The most difficult part for me is the part you left out completely, the oil return tube which has to be pushed down.. That's an aspect of the m20 I hate for sure. you also have to unbolt and slide the T-stat housing off at the same time as the intake Manifold. If people are going through all the work of taking their intake manifold off it would be a great time to replace the Oil return O ring, T-stat gasket, and Intake Manifold gaskets to avoid some of the Common Oil, Coolant, and Vacuum leaks that plague the M20. I have to agree with bob... Either sell parts or be a DIY forum... I appreciate the effort but so many of your articles list unecessary steps or completely lack others 2 steps on this one! they leave a lot of people confused or angry... If You want to write tutorials write down each step as you're doing it, don't recall it from memory, and take pictures along the way.

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