So, I'd noticed a bit of a quirk in my idle. When the AC would kick on the engine would feel like it stumbled a bit. I know the compressor was on the way out and is taking a little more power than usual but it isn't THAT much more.
I decide to give my Idle Air Control Valve (IACV) a look at since i've done a Throttle Body (TB) cleaning already(or so I thought). To get this thing flushed well I needed to remove the TB assembly and look what I found! A disgusting unseen part of my engine.
And then the intake manifold. Looks like I need to cut off some of my EGR pipe one of these days. Too long for my tastes. I cleaned as well as I could in there while all of the liquid gunk flowed down into my intake ports.
My TB cleaned. The intake looked similar when I was done.
Can't say I really feel anything other than the gratification of knowing at least part of my intake is clean and the idle cleaned up immensely(only because of the IACV cleaning). I'm happy overall with my intake design I just want that egr pipe shorter and less intrusive.
I'll say this though, I've never owned a car that belched as much smoke as I saw this one do today when it FINALLY started. All that gunk and cleaner fouled the plugs and I guess was oily. It took a good 3-4 minutes to get it started and have it run for more than 5-6 seconds without having to floor it.
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