Intercooler's not in the way. It's a long enough job when you're doing it in a car park in November in Southern England. One or two awkward bits {like the oil return line gasket}, a lot of swearing and about 3mm scraped off my knuckles trying to avoid dismounting the turbo elbow from the downpipe.
I removed mine, gave it to an engineering shop to rebuild and refitted it myself.
I removed mine, gave it to an engineering shop to rebuild and refitted it myself.