As long as I'm there pt1.
#1
As long as I'm there pt1.
I'm gathering ideas, and cobbling togeather how-to's to change my knock sensor. As long as I'm going to have the IM off and the VC's are right there, I was wondering if there would be a good idea to replace the upper chain guides?
Looking at he FSM it appears that once you get the VC off the chain guides will be exposed, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Other than that I was thinking of changing the PCV valve, replacing the missing / broken rear Exhaust mani stud (#6 for thoes with a FSM), hopefully installing a Warpspeed y-pipe, cleaning and "cleaning up" the upper and lower IM's.
Anything else I should do while I'm there???
Looking at he FSM it appears that once you get the VC off the chain guides will be exposed, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Other than that I was thinking of changing the PCV valve, replacing the missing / broken rear Exhaust mani stud (#6 for thoes with a FSM), hopefully installing a Warpspeed y-pipe, cleaning and "cleaning up" the upper and lower IM's.
Anything else I should do while I'm there???
#3
VTC's if you have to, otherwise you are pretty much covered.
Don't forget coolant, you are going to have to remove the crossover pipe, so I guess you could do a T-stat if you wanted to since it would be easy to do with everything out of the way but meh.
Not much more I can think of![Wiggle](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/wiggle.gif)
oh, vacuum lines if you haven't already, might as well, and at <$10 it's peace of mind
Don't forget coolant, you are going to have to remove the crossover pipe, so I guess you could do a T-stat if you wanted to since it would be easy to do with everything out of the way but meh.
Not much more I can think of
![Wiggle](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/wiggle.gif)
oh, vacuum lines if you haven't already, might as well, and at <$10 it's peace of mind
![Smilie](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
#5
Originally Posted by CyMax
Soooo, Can I and should I replace the chain guides?
Another suggestion I can add to the list if it hasn't been brought up already; Check all the heater hoses and bypass hoses. People largely ignore them and the little hoses the size of your pinky can cost you an engine. I've seen several engines overheated into oblivion because of those little guys. Of course they didn't have enough sense to stop before it was too late or were not paying attention to their temp. Good Luck!
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