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You are doing an intake refresh? It is pretty straightforward for a 16v engine.
Remove the airfilter and one bolt on each side of the lower airbox and then lift it out with the AFM still attached and unplug it from the wire harness.
Disconnect each end of the fuel rails ALWAYS counterholding, cut the zip ties attaching the injector wire harness to the fuel rails and unplug the injector connectors, then remove the single bolt from the injector hold down plates and now the rails and injectors are free to remove.
Loosen the hose clamps from the intake legs and remove two 13mm bolts from each leg for removal. At this point the 'spider' body or plenum is held on to the throttle body with a large hose clamp on the underside. Once removed you have access to all vacuum and fuel lines. Take photos and/or video as you go.
If you run into any problems someone here will have an answer.
If you go in that far plan on REPLACING ALL HOSES AND GASKETS stuff will break fall apart as you disturb it. That nearly 40 year old plastic and rubber is way beyond its designed useful life.
01-25-2018, 10:43 AM
