EGR cooler pipe question

[yournamehere]

Can the EGR Cooler Pipe be changed without removing the manifold and all the stuff above it or can it be changed out from the bottom?

I broke the flange off the egr cooler pipe and am looking to get the stainless SOR one.
Hell of an exhaust leak right now.

 

[brett76]

yes you can change from underneath. some pull the cooler off to get the pipe off the cooler i bought a cheapo chinese 1 1/2 inch wrench and cut it in half so i could fit it up in there to undo it all. should only take about 30 min if everythng goes smoothe. new pipe might need to be bent a little to start threading back into cooler. you'll know because it wount start threading even though it seems like it should. so if it doesnt start threading look in through the wheel well and you can see the angle. i bent mine by putting it in a vice and just giveing a little tug.(fyi put the top part in the vice if you do have to bend other wise youll bend the end that goes in the cooler and the crush sleeve wont seal and you end up with another leak. trust me)

 

[yournamehere]

Thankee Brett. Good idea on cutting the wrench.

 

[brett76]

Thankee Brett. Good idea on cutting the wrench.

your welcome.
pimp and some others told me to a while back when i did it