Toneboski:
Hey guys, Did a search and saw bits and pieces of my topic around and wanted to see if you guys could give me a concise roundup of what to do. I'm looking to clean my intake and i've seen that berryman's is used. What is the process and what do I need? Thanks.
I just finshed cleaning mine. I used 2 cans of carb cleaner, a bottle brush, a clean rag, and a soft-bristled detailing brush. I took the manifold apart and removed the throttle body (TB) and idle air bypass (IAB) valve. Then I:
1) Pushed a rag soaked in cleaner through all passages. This removed the grit from the walls of the passages.
2) Sprayed the cleaner onto all passage walls and scrubbed them with the bottle brush. I used the detailing brush to get to areas where the bottle brush did not sufficiently clean.
3) Rinsed everything with water
4) Used bottle brush with diluted dishwashing detergent. Rinsed and dried.
5) Removed the allen screws on the EGR tubes (within the manifold) and cleaned those tubes. The EGR outlet nostrils (inside the manifold) were 75% clogged. I know you have an MTX and probably don't have an EGR valve but I included this step incase you do have one.
6) Cleaned all the rubber connectors and their circular clamps with diluted dish washing detergent.
7) Cleaned the TB with dishwashing detergent. This took a while but I did not want to use stronger chemicals as they would have removed the anti-sludge coating. The TB was very dirty -both the small PCV ports were completely clogged.
When I first cleaned the intake (in 2000) I was able to reuse all gaskets. This time the gaskets broke when I tried to remove them.
I did not clean the IAB because it did not appear dirty, it has been performing properly, and because I did not want to remove the internal anti-sludge coating.
The whole process consumed about 3 hours.
For information on how to actually remove the manifold can be found by searching this forum.
