Here's some pics I took while cleaning my intake.


Upper intake with top cover removed. Before cleaning.


Runners still mounted to heads.


EGR passage caked up. Not blocked, but not clean either.

 

What year is your TL? And mileage?

 

Half cleaned runners.


Nice and shiny.


3 cans of carb cleaner later....


And the EGR chamber is actually aluminum colored under there.

 

04 TL 5AT with 108K miles. PCV valve didn't rattle when I replaced it either. May have been stuck open??

 

Thanks, just gaging on when I should be mine.

 

This is the EGR passage that mounts in that small chamber at the TB end. It was as black as the the rest of the chamber.

 

I think the runners could be cleand a little better if they were removed from the heads along with the injectors. It would probably go good with the DIY injector rebuild that someone else posted recently here:
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/diy-fuel-injectors-730500/

 

Nice pics. I hope to get mine cleaned this weekend along with replacing all the other parts I ordered. I have 146k+ miles. Mine should be very "interesting". I have 4 cans of carb cleaner ready to go...

 

damnnnnnnnn....

dat looks nasty, but do u feel a difference now that is clean?

 

geez that's a night and day difference there, and yea what he said above did this make it smoother?

 

Nah, Probably not much noticable difference. But that EGR passage was starting to get pretty caked up. I had the intake off to get to the valve covers for a valve adjustment and just decided to clean it up while I was there.