How come after removing all the bolts we are having problems removing the intake manifold on our 6 cylinder 2010 Hyundai Santa fe?

Hi Joe

Check out all the videos. It must be complicated because they are LONG!

https://www.google.com/search?q=2010+Hyundai+Santai+Fe+3.5+oil+pressure+switch+replacement

..

the sensor has a bolt fixing so an appropriate sized spanner is all thats required tool wise Labelled no 6 by the thermostat housing

it has to do with the injection system. Might be something stupid like a manifold intake gasket leak (commonly known as cylinder 4 misfire problem) or it could be a part of the system like : spark plugs, wiring, fuel injector, throttle position sensor. A low cost solution worth trying is a kleen flow injection system cleaner. It will remove a lot of carbon and see if it helps...

That is what you have to do on a chrysler v-6, also-remove the intake manifold. Be sure and use a new gasket for the manifold. Also check if there is a holding bracket for the manifold on one side or the other, or both as on a chrysler.

I presume your Santa Fe sports the 3.5 liter V6 engine? If it's got the NUT, it's at the front & there's a nut stud. If it's got the BOLT, it's accessed from the opposite (anterior) side using a long, long extension. If you have a vehicle hoist/lift, you can easily see it. If you're on your back with the vehicle on jack stands, it's much more difficult to see the 14mm bolt between the exhaust flex pipe and heat shield of the exhaust manifold at the right hand side of the engine.
Say you're directly beneath the engine oil pan, move toward the transmission and look upward and forward between the 1:00 and 2:00 oclock positions of the engine (toward the power steering pump) - 14mm bolt

Hello! I need a little clarification...The trouble report list the model as a Santa Fe with a 2.0 td...The Santa Fe does not have a 2.0L engine...It has a 2.4L (4 cylinder) or a 2.7L (6 cylinder)...Please tell me which engine is in the Santa Fe...

Guru.Saailer

I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/david_6df67de3b14de867

don't take the manifold off....... see if perhaps the window wiper dip tray will be enough room to access the rear plugs.....do not remove intake.

This DTC means that # 2 cylinder has a misfire. I would start with a tune up, in most cases that will take care of the problem..

There may be an engine cover over the valve covers that is a big piece of plastic that may say Hyundai, or Santa Fe,

I believe its three or four 10mm retaining nuts that hold it on, take that engine cover off, and there should be 3 wires in the top of each valve cover, those big wires are the spark plug wires, and they actually connect to the spark plug which is down inside the cylinder.
To remove, you will need a 3/8 drive ratchet, a long extension, I would say 6-12 inches, long enough, but not too long, and a 5/8" spark plug socket.
Take one of the spark plug wires out, and put your long extension with the spark plug socket on it down into the hole that the big wire came out of and you should find a spark plug at the end of the tunnel.

On the 2.7 V6, you have to remove the surge tank from the intake manifold to gain access to the ignition wires and the spark plugs. 2hr job.