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Wasnt to bad an install either. Only took me 40 minutes to remove the entire intake. Which I dont think is to bad for the first time I have ever done it. All the bolts came out so easy. The intake runner bolts looked brand new once I got them out. I was amazed. Only problem I had was I forgot that antifreeze runs through the throttle body. So I ended up getting covered in the crap when I took the hose off.
Plugs were in good shape. Fair amount of oil in the plug wells, but it wasnt horrible. I didnt change the valve cover gaskets though. didnt want to crack them until i get my shims in the mail. The gap on the plugs was way off though. The wires I picked up were exact copies of the oem ones, but in black. and they only cost me 77 bucks. I also changed the Cam position sensor. that was a pain to get to the bolts because I couldnt move the power steering resevoir. New intake gasket, and got it all bolted back down fairly easily and with little fuss, and no leftover pieces. only missed one very small vacum hose when i put it all back together, but it was right on top and I heard it as soon as I started the car up.
Took it out for a test drive right after. Wow, talk about a lot of smoke. The oil in the plug wells had dripped into the cylinders. so a few full throttle runs and it cleared right up.
car idles wonderfully now. And starts right up with no backfiring. pulls a little better in the midrange as well. I will hopefully get the new o2 sensors in in a week. Those ought to help to stop throwing the CEL at random intervals.
All in all, a good day. took about three hours in total. and that was with a lot of breaks. I also moved fairly slow when i got to the plugs and wires. I was running a little low on energy.
So a good day all around.
Plugs were in good shape. Fair amount of oil in the plug wells, but it wasnt horrible. I didnt change the valve cover gaskets though. didnt want to crack them until i get my shims in the mail. The gap on the plugs was way off though. The wires I picked up were exact copies of the oem ones, but in black. and they only cost me 77 bucks. I also changed the Cam position sensor. that was a pain to get to the bolts because I couldnt move the power steering resevoir. New intake gasket, and got it all bolted back down fairly easily and with little fuss, and no leftover pieces. only missed one very small vacum hose when i put it all back together, but it was right on top and I heard it as soon as I started the car up.
Took it out for a test drive right after. Wow, talk about a lot of smoke. The oil in the plug wells had dripped into the cylinders. so a few full throttle runs and it cleared right up.
car idles wonderfully now. And starts right up with no backfiring. pulls a little better in the midrange as well. I will hopefully get the new o2 sensors in in a week. Those ought to help to stop throwing the CEL at random intervals.
All in all, a good day. took about three hours in total. and that was with a lot of breaks. I also moved fairly slow when i got to the plugs and wires. I was running a little low on energy.
So a good day all around.
