Installing the intake plenum

• Replace gaskets (1).

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  NOTE: Additional coolant can leakage. Make sure that no coolant enters the intake port of the cylinder head.
• Position the intake plenum.
• Tighten screws in the order (1) to (7).

Fig 1: Intake Plenum Screws Tightening Sequence

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• Tighten down screws (8).

Tightening torques

• Lock the closure (2) and connect the coolant return line.
• Lock the closure (1) and connect the coolant feed line.
• Clip the wiring harness into the clamp (3).

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• Clip in wiring harness in marked areas.
• Connect the connector (1) to the boost pressure sensor.

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• Lock closure (2) and connect to the coolant pipe.
• Attach the tank vent line (1) in the signaled area.

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• Clip in cable (6) in marked areas.
• Position the engine wiring harness and tighten with the screws (5).

• Position tank vent line (4).
• Tighten the screw (3) and clip in the tank vent line (4) in the marked area.

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• Connect the engine ventilation line (2) to the intake plenum.
• Clip in the tank vent line (1) in the marked area.

Follow-up work 

• Refer to CONNECTING THE COOLANT LINES FOR THE LOW-TEMPERATURE COOLANT CIRCUIT .
• Refer to FILLING THE LOW-TEMPERATURE COOLING SYSTEM WITH THE VACUUM FILLING EQUIPMENT .
• Refer to INSTALLING CONTROL UNIT BRACKET .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE DME CONTROL UNIT .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE TANK VENT VALVE .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE THROTTLE BODY .
• Refer to INSTALLING FAN COWL .
• Refer to INSTALLING ACOUSTIC COVER AT REAR .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE FRONT HOOD SEAL AT THE REAR .
• Refer to INSTALLING ACOUSTIC COVER .
• Refer to INSTALLING THE FRONT UNDERBODY PROTECTION OR FRONT THRUST FIELD .
• Refer to CONNECTING NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE .
• Refer to VENTING THE LOW-TEMPERATURE COOLING SYSTEM .