The instructions say to remove the head with the manifolds attached. It's easier and faster this way, but you have to have a hoist. Even with two guys, somebody may hurt themselves or do some damage under the hood from dragging the head off the engine. I would have to guess it weighs 100-150 pounds.

I tried to remove the manifolds first, and would have been successful, but one of the bolts was hopelessly stuck -- overtorqued at the factory. Besides, a lot of the bolts were difficult to access. I have an engine hoist, but it was easier for me to use a winch and one of the reinforced beams in the garage to lift the head off, then roll the car away from underneath.

It's a good idea to clean out the egr tube while the head is off. It's easy to remove it and give it a good cleaning at that point.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 159K