How To: 2004 to 2006 Mercedes Sprinter Cylinder Head Removal

Here is a somewhat brief walk through of removing a cylinder head off of a om647 engine. The engine overheated and blew the head gasket.
I'm sure there's a few steps that others will be keen to point out, but these are the steps I took to remove the head.
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[@kevanderxd3679]

Hello, Can this cylinder head be rectified, is this allowed by the manufacturer? Because many say that diesel engine cylinder heads cannot be rectified.

[@michaelmckinney2883]

at 1:09 as a kenworth mechanic instead of heating up the bolts, i wouldve just applied a 1/2 milwaukee high torque and sent er bud.

[@thesolpurpose3109]

Man this looks like a pain. I now have a broken glow plug in my head and really hoping I don't have to do this job. Got the extractor kit coming in the mail. Fingers crossed. This is prob 5 times harder without taking the engine out 😢

[@berniemac8413]

Great video! When is the next one coming out? Are you just replacing the head gasket or was there damage to the cylinders and pistons too?

[@whitemanmotors528]

I'll work on creating a new video for the engine that's in the van that the new head is going on. The engine in the van has good cylinders and everything, so I shouldn't have any issues once I get it together.

[@thesolpurpose3109]

You took the top cover off pretty easy! I have a broken injector bolt and was told I had to remove the head. Doesn't look that hard from this video

[@thesolpurpose3109]

do you think this can be done with the engine in the bay?

[@mia-xu7di]

Hey mate I'm about to take the head of my van off and would love to know how you went with it

[@mia-xu7di]

I also would love to not have to remove the engine from the bay

[@promisberg1]

Looks like a broken hold down bolt to me