i wanted to experiment today (day off) so i pulled some things off to clean......here are pics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Picture211.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Picture209.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...Picture210.jpg


is this too dirty????


one other thing, i hear a kind of hissing now that i did this and put it all back together, i am thinking a vacuum leak......all hoses are connected and engine is running pretty rough. any ideas.....the leak seems to be near the oil filler neck...in that area any input appreciated

 

Looks likes most 13 yr. old cars with 130,000 miles on them...

 

that's normal for an intake manifold on a 10+yr old car.
mine was like that from my 93 back in about 1999 when I tore it apart. http://blehmco.com/pics/old_max/car/intake_manifold/

yes, you have a vacuum leak somewhere.. look around, you'll find it.

 

yeah thats normal on ur car. when i took my low mileage motor apart before i dropped it into my '93 it looked just like that. i think i have the pics in my cardomain site on the last page so ur good. just clean it out and u'll be fine. i used carb cleaner and then i just sand blasted all the intake components for my motor and it worked out great.

 

CRC Green + Brush = clean

also just do yourself a favor and buy new gaskets along with vacuum hoses.

 

yes, as i put it all back together, the car runs rough as sh*t now......i can hear air hissing.......the gasket was cracked, so there is my problem..guess i gotta tear it apart again

 

will cleaning EVERY component in the intake....will it make it run better or faster???? just curious


Edit: sorry for double post

 

why are you taking random parts off for experimentation purposes when the car runs perfectly fine? remember, it's your transmission that's the problem..

 

any improvemnt it might make in my opinion is not worth the time it would take to make it spotless. but yeah i would clean it up some. just don't spend all day doing it. and make sure it don't fall inside your intake. i did scared the crap out of me thought that my friends little brother threw a nail down the intake. sounded like someone threw a bunch of sand in the cylinders. but it went away 2 seconds later. you know if your going to brake down your engine again why not paint your valve covers while your at it? you pretty much have everything else out of the way. just a thought...

 

i remeber when i was 16 i took my accord engine apart nd couldnt put if back together . so i paid a guy to do it for me and my car ran ****ty ever since

 

Vans/Gregb....Quit taking your cars apart for no reason...

 

a metal nail doesn't just go away...where did it go??

because rattle can paint on a valve cover looks like **** a year later?

 

was the crack in the gasket near a bolt? that would indicate that you are over tightening the bolts which could cause warping of the manifold over time.

 

ya i know the tranny is the problem, i had a vacuum leak and i thought it was the gasket....and it was
why not, its fun...
it had about 7 cracks

 

Hey, that's what my car looked like when I changed the fuel injectors. I thought something must be wrong too.

 

im gonna give it some new gaskets and a good cleaning.....can i spray throttle body/air tintake cleaner into the holes that go into the motor???? if your not supposed to...oops!!!! LOL what would all the gaskets be called anyone know since pep boys sucks with parts

 

look closely at the first pic.....

 

if i remember correctly i think ur just gonna need the intake plenum gasket and the throttle body gasket.

 

alright, cool thanks, they are what like 5 bucks???

 

Try about $50 for the intake gasket....

Remember when i told you to quit taking your car apart for no reason?

 

dammit, $50 crapola, well it as leaking anyway but $50 dam

 

how do you know that's where your leak is? i'm not saying it isn't, but you've said it runs like complete crap now that you've put it back together so it's not even fixed. i still don't understand why you're wasting your time with this... get the car drivable and then worry about a measly air leak.

 

get yourself a bottle of seafoam, and go to town. and a bottle of carb cleaner while you got the manifold off.
has anyone put individual throttle boddies on a maxima before? a vg anyways?
that would be sick
i wonder what kind of numbers you could push out of that?
hmmmmmm

also how long did it take to pull your intake manifold off?

 

I didn't say that it was a nail it just sounded like it it was the build up on my injectors. it just worked its was threw the exhaust. the sound went away after 2 - 5 seconds

 

$50 for just the intake gasket??? damn that thing better talk back to me if i spent that much. the whole intake kit may cost that much i hope. i only paid $2.81 for my plenum gasket.

 

This is copied from the autozone site.......

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET for a
1991 NISSAN/DATSUN MAXIMA
Normal Stock
Special Order
Not Available



Item Part
No.
Warranty Core
Value Unit
Price Availability
Store Web
FELPRO MS92270-2 $48.99

ROL MS4385 $47.99

BECK_ARNLEY 037-4701 $69.99
CONTAINS PLENUM CHAMBER GASKET 1 PER CAR

BECK_ARNLEY 037-4691 $53.99
PLENUM CHAMBER GASKET NOT INCLUDED 1 PER CAR

 

still too damn much and a rip off for just one gasket.

 

that's autozone.
people keep saying AZ is cheaper, but every part I've looked at them for is WAY higher than my retail is

 

DAMN AutoZone !!!

 

Make sure you're getting the right parts, dude..
the intake manifold has three gaskets.
nissanparts.cc prices:
16175-89E00 Gasket-throttle body $4.51
14032-89E01 Gasket-manifold (lower to collector) $6.86 <------------- this is the one you need.

14035-V5205 Gasket-manifold (lower to head 1993+) $4.88 (2 needed)
14035-V5202 Gasket-manifold (lower to head 89-92) $27.74 (2 needed)


If you're spending more than $10 for one gasket, then you're getting screwed.
I'm goign to guess that if you're buying the fel pro gasket at Vatozone, you're buying the entire upper/lower set, including the pair of $27 gaskets.

 

im getting my friend to check on the gaskets..he works at autozone and gets discounts he he

 

looks old really old