Originally Posted by
mugsy99
Doughboy, changed mine yesterday. Changing it cold is the BEST way as its a tight squeeze getting in to remove it. You will enjoy the difference it makes as well to your engine performance and how it runs! Only problem here was the damn clip to undo it,if you find out the trick to undo it easily please let me know/probably ALL of us know!!
Changed it today. It does idle better and it drives much smoother. Before, I would have to "drag" the throttle into shifts to make a smooth shift. If you let off too soon it would lerch and jerk violently. Now, smooth as silk shifts with normal shifting. Put the scanner on it, and the code is now cleared...so that was a simple enough fix.
For the clip, after 20 mins of trying to push on it with screwdrivers of varying lengths from every angle I had an Epiphany! I took the engine cover off (covered the intake tube with a cloth), crouched on top of the intake, reached around the back of the engine with my left arm and used my thumb to push the tab, and fished my right arm down the other side and used my middle finger to hold the back of the plug while I pushed the tab on the other side. With the tab pressed, I used both hands to easily pop off the plug. Took 15 mins start to finish to replace once I figured that out. See pics.
Now to fix my randomly activating alarm!