Yeah, mostly just to make it easier to work in there, and facilitate inspection/cleaning of all the vacuum lines that collect sludge. I have learned that it's often just easier to take things apart to make a job easier, rather than working in constrained places. And the manifold isn't really that hard to take off.



X5Chemist, what do you mean by "revoir?"

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2003 3.0 5MT Topasblau
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2012 35d Platingrau