Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring 2007 Manual page 6

2007 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring
2007 ENGINE PERFORMANCE Intake-Air System (MZI-3.5) - CX-9
1. Drain the engine coolant. (see ENGINE COOLANT REPLACEMENT [MZI-3.5] .)
2. Disconnect the upper radiator hose.
Fig. 5: Identifying Intake Manifold Components
3. Disconnect the lower radiator hose.
4. Disconnect the two water hose from the thermostat component.
5. Disconnect the thermostat component side of the water inlet pipe which is under the intake manifold.
6. Remove the intake manifold and thermostat component as a single unit.
7. Remove the thermostat component from the intake manifold.