BMW 5251 Service Manual page 530

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Removing left side exhaust manifolds (cylinder bank 5-8):
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Remove heat baffle plate on left side.
Remove oxygen sensor using BMW special tool 11 7 030
or similar oxygen sensor socket.
Install BMW special tools 00 0 200,OO 0 201,OO 0 202,OO 0
204, and 00 0 208 or other suitable engine lifting support
above engine and attach to lifting eye on left head.
NOTE-
The supports on special tool 00 0 208 must rest on the
screws on the fenders.
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Remove nut at top of engine support on left side
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Raise engine at front suspension lug a maximum of 25 mm
( I .O in).
Release clamping bolt and nut (arrow) and slide universal
joint off steering gear.
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Remove nuts securing left exhaust manifold to head,
Raise front of manifold as high as possible past end posi-
tion of steering gear and feed out towards bottom.
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Installation is reverse of removal.
Coat exhaust mounting studs with CRC or equivalent
copper paste.
Use new exhaust gaskets and self-locking nuts.
Install new self-locking nuts on engine mount and steering
shaft bolt.