Starting to pull intake for hose replacement, looks like 120K miles+heat+previous mechanics have really taken a toll on many plastic connectors and plugs.
I'm trying to be 'gentle' and not break any more but for the life of me I cannot separate this assembly.
Does is simply pull apart or ?
Please help.
thank you.
wj

 

I unclipped those a few weeks ago and can be a bit of a pig but it is a matter of jiggling apart whilst pressing down on something, but I can't remember which part exactly. On most of these connectors, including these, I use a small sharp right-angled pick to push or press down on the locking tab directly. If you examine it carefully you will spot which part needs to be "hooked" or "pressed" to release the bendy tab from the locking ramp.

I think there is another one on the other side of the intake manifold so try that one as well as it might be looser and you will then be able to see how the mechanism works.

Richard

 

I'm still lost, the red portion slides and I assumed that when I slid it forward (as in the photo) it would release the plug but it has not. I have probed but there isn't any movement.
wj

 

I was under the impression that slid to the edge was always Locked. The tab (wherever it is) would still need to be depressed. Course my old brain dis-remembers things all the time now.

 

Off topic, but I'm amazed how many different types of electric connectors are on this car, each with it's own unique method of disconnection.

 

Haven’t seen that connector before, but kind of looks like sliding to the left, as pictured, and then pressing down on the exposed black part in the middle, to get those 2 prongs (pointing right) going into the black body to release, while pulling the connector apart.

 

there's literally hundreds of Jag connectors here. If you jump to the universal ones at the bottom, maybe you'll get a good enough view to determine. I thought to pull out was to release and push in was to lock but really haven't encountered enough of them to say for certain.

https://connectorexperts.com/ag-1859235-jaguar.html

 

I have failed to date in all my attempts to separate the plug from socket. I can see the small red 'hook' and had even slid a small feeler gauge between it and the body, to no avail. Sprayed silicone lubricant, pulled by hand, pulled with pliers...no movement whatsoever. Almost as if the electrical connectors are fused together.
If anyone can recall how they separated this assembly, please let me know. The age and underhood temps have made several plastic parts so brittle that they literally fell apart when I tried to move them.
also, neither one will disconnect
​​​​​​​wj

 

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Many connectors you actually pull up the tab vs pushing the tab down before pulling the connector apart...

I don't have this connector, but a similar one you pull up the tab that is located under the red thing,
pull up from the left side and seperate the two

 

apparantley the images are not loading for everyone...the first post shows the connector.
FWIW, I removed the intake without separating that connector...I quit trying but would really appreciate someone showing me the secret.
wj