Day 1 VR6 Engine Tear Down

Today I started to remove all the accessories off of the engine in prep for taking it to the shop for them to open her up and tell me what the damage is.

Here is what I started with tonight

First thing I did was drain the oil. Next i removed the alternator (upper left) and the A/C Compressor (lower left). Then the accessory brackets, coolant pipe (black pipe runs across the engine), oil filter canister (lower middle) and the oil cooler (just up and to the right of that).

Next i removed the lower intake manifold and the gasket.

The I carefully removed the wire harness, thermostat, and coolant pipe, oil filter canister, and cooler