vtraudt

I need to remove the passenger side valve cover (leak).
I got most stuff out of the way, but the vac nipple on the rear of the cylinder head is preventing me from lifting up the valve cover.

Best way to remove the obstruction?

awdjunkies

The way I removed it was with a little bit of wiggling.. I bent the nipple a little by doing this but bent it back when I put everything back together.

s4master1

loosen the 3 allen bolts that hold it to the head.
this will give you enough space to pull it out and much easier to reinstall.

awdjunkies

^ true, even though 1 or more of those allen bolts are a PITA to get to.