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I want to inspect/change my plugs but for my 1st time I'm afraid of messing with the sensors and such. Anyone in the Maryland/VA area wanna make a few $$?

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Old 08-28-2014, 06:27 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I want to inspect/change my plugs but for my 1st time I'm afraid of messing with the sensors and such. Anyone in the Maryland/VA area wanna make a few $$?
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Thanks dude!
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I want to inspect/change my plugs but for my 1st time I'm afraid of messing with the sensors and such. Anyone in the Maryland/VA area wanna make a few $$?
it's not hard, pop hood, remove strut bar, remove engine cover, loosen manifold bolts, lift manifold an inch or two you can just shove a book under it, remove coils remove plugs, reverse procedure.
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Awesome job man! Way to have some pride of ownership! That car deserved every minute
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Question? Ive been wanting to clean the engine with degreaser but did you clean with a rag or did you throw on the water hose on it??? Thos has been my biggest issue and never touched my bay -.-
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Nice work man, I'm cleaning my MAF's today, Just the MAF spray correct? An those TB's were horriable. Be they used cheap gas. Mine at 60k looked closer to the clean pic :/
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Nice work man, I'm cleaning my MAF's today, Just the MAF spray correct? An those TB's were horriable. Be they used cheap gas. Mine at 60k looked closer to the clean pic :/
Yea just buy the MAF cleaner, it literally takes 5 min or less to unscrew the MAF and spraying them down. And yea, i only use Premium gas in all my cars.
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Yea just buy the MAF cleaner, it literally takes 5 min or less to unscrew the MAF and spraying them down. And yea, i only use Premium gas in all my cars.
Cool thanx man, I'm picking up some CRC today on the way home. I cleaned my TB's a few when I bought the car and changed the plugs while I was in there. Just some finishing things before the dyno trip tomorrow
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Question? Ive been wanting to clean the engine with degreaser but did you clean with a rag or did you throw on the water hose on it??? Thos has been my biggest issue and never touched my bay -.-
This is how i cleaned it

items used:
-2X Gunk Degreaser
-2X Gunk Protector (i had to use 2 of each, as you can see how my engine was)
-1 roll of Scott Blue Shop Towels
-patience

-covered all the electrical components(alternator, intake, MAF sensor)
-sprayed (gunk degreaser) the whole engine bay including the Brake fluid area and battery area
-let it sit for like 5-10 minutes
-spray some more while using a small $1 paint brush to go over the whole engine bay
-rinse the whole area down
-let it dry itself for about 5 minutes(dont need to be completely dry)
-spray Gunk protector throughout the whole engine bay
-used Scott Shop Towel to wipe everything down(i prolly used about 40 sheets of the shop towels)
-the intake manifold has lots of small square pockets, it took a while to stick shop towel into each one of them to clean and get the water out
-took me about 2 hours to clean it

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This is how i cleaned it

items used:
-2X Gunk Degreaser
-2X Gunk Protector (i had to use 2 of each, as you can see how my engine was)
-1 roll of Scott Blue Shop Towels
-patience

-covered all the electrical components(alternator, intake, MAF sensor)
-sprayed (gunk degreaser) the whole engine bay including the Brake fluid area and battery area
-let it sit for like 5-10 minutes
-spray some more while using a small $1 paint brush to go over the whole engine bay
-rinse the whole area down
-let it dry itself for about 5 minutes(dont need to be completely dry)
-spray Gunk protector throughout the whole engine bay
-used Scott Shop Towel to wipe everything down(i prolly used about 40 sheets of the shop towels)
-the intake manifold has lots of small square pockets, it took a while to stick shop towel into each one of them to clean and get the water out
-took me about 2 hours to clean it

Hope this helps
Awesome thanks for the detail BUT dId you literally use your water hose and sprayed the whole engine bay, that's my quiestion?...if So Thank You (Noob questions, but been afraid to do it and mess up all the electricals) lol
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Awesome thanks for the detail BUT dId you literally use your water hose and sprayed the whole engine bay, that's my quiestion?...if So Thank You (Noob questions, but been afraid to do it and mess up all the electricals) lol
Yes i used the water hose to rinse the whole engine bay down, if you cover the intake, intake maf sensor and alternator with a plastic bag, you have nothing to worry about.
Give the engine bay some time to dry and when you start the car youll notice some smoke coming out, but dont panic. Its just water evaporating. Good Luck!
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Nice work man, I'm cleaning my MAF's today, Just the MAF spray correct? An those TB's were horriable. Be they used cheap gas. Mine at 60k looked closer to the clean pic :/
Good point on the gasoline. Quality gasolines have additives that help keep the intake tract clean. The same is true of quality engine oils. They have additives that keep the pcv valve and intake tract free of varnish and gum. Here is a link to Top Tier Gasoline web page. It has a list of gasolines that have effective cleaning packages in the blend.

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When you disconnected the TB's and cleaned them did you move the butterfly in order to clean inside better or did you just spray them with throttle body cleaner and used a brush and towel to clean inside not moving the butterfly? I'm asking because I've heard people clean it incorrectly moving the butterfly and the sensor inside gets decalibrated and after finishing cleaning and installing back people have issues with their idle and can be a pain to fix it.
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I've also heard if people disconnect the wiring harness you have to do a relearn procedure after you install it back.
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When you disconnected the TB's and cleaned them did you move the butterfly in order to clean inside better or did you just spray them with throttle body cleaner and used a brush and towel to clean inside not moving the butterfly? I'm asking because I've heard people clean it incorrectly moving the butterfly and the sensor inside gets decalibrated and after finishing cleaning and installing back people have issues with their idle and can be a pain to fix it.
I first unplug the TB sensor plug before touching the butterfly, then sprayed and cleaned with shop towels, i had to move the butterfly in order to remove the gunk build up on the edge of the butterfly and had no issues with idle after cleaning this way. I took my time and was careful when cleaning them out, not to let the butterfly slam shut itself or anything in a forceful manner.

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