Intake removal

[Shoup]

Thanks,
realOEM.com worked for me this time. I tried that site many months ago and it was down and i forgot about it after that. Glad to see its up because it is very useful. I found the part #s i was missing and ordered everything.

Using realoem, the diagrams, and your photos I think i have a good idea of whats down there and what i need to do. Those hoses are so hidden i didn't even know there were that many down there.

My car is sitting in a parking lot in a town about 140 miles from my house. I told the store owner i would be back in a few days to fix/move my car and he said that would be fine. Most of the hoses are on back-order so I'm not sure the hose i need will arrive on time.

Question: if i need to drive my car 140 miles with a cracked coolant pipe what tricks have you guys used that work well? I am thinking of bringing extra clamps, duct-tape, and maybe some soft rubber strips to tie down a cracked area. Can i just plug the outlet, to and from, the throttlebody? I'm not too familiar with this system but i think it works with the aux air at start-up, so i could just use my foot to keep it going while warming; and after that it should be fine. Any ideas help, thanks.

A friendly passer-by said i could try driving it with the overflow tank cap off. But with the leak it would have no coolant left within 2-3 minutes and I'm not putting 140 miles on my car with no coolant.

[Blaise]

I bet you could rig the system to get you home. I would not want to take the intake off roadside.

The throttle body coolant run could be bypassed.

[Jeff Dennis]

Shoup, Buy 3' lengths of various ID coolant hose from the local parts store and take them all with you just in case, also some hose clamps. I carry hoses on every long trip.

The running problem at idle on Blaise's car sounds very similar to my idle problem. Blaise thanks for that info about the EGR valve I will check this out.... mine has had this problem since purchase.