Originally Posted by
xintersecty
Thank you for the video, that was very very helpful.
I removed the MAF, bendy tube, and TB. The MAF and bendy tube were not too bad. Hardly any dirt came off. However the TB and slum city and the intake was horrible.
Dirty Dirty
I cleaned the TB and intake put everything together and tested the car. It's much better but as I was pulling in my driveway I felt a hesitation. According the diagnostic chart, it's spark plugs next.
The car is at 126K miles. From the reading I have done on the forum, I strongly suspect that spark plugs and wires should be replaced. With the amount of work in that replacement job, I think replacing the valve cover seals should be done as well. Going to get the spark plugs from needswings. Are the magnecor wires worth it?
Needswings sells an oil catch can. It will help keep the junk from getting to the throttle body and intake.
At your mileage i would consider changing the coils right along with the plugs and wires. Look at the back of your coils; some may already have cracks. FCPeuro will have kits available that might save some money and they have the life time guarantee.
I have Magnecor on both my Crossfires, but it is mostly for dressing up the engine bay as both my cars go to local cars shows; Do they give me better performance. I do not notice a difference, but I haven't actually tested it either. Magnecor has given me very good personal service over the past decade and though there plug wires are guaranteed for life will buy from them again should I want another set for another car. The Magnecor are more difficult to remove and install as the boots are rubber or silicone. The steel surrounds on the OEM plug wires make it much easier to remove using the special 15mm wrench.
Have you checked for codes since cleaning the intake? Remember you have to have several drive cycles before some codes will set.