Intake Manifold Removal - Gen I

weeten · Jan 4, 2011

can anyone give me some advice as to whether or not this is a pretty doable job?

basically, there is some debris, right in the middle of my engine, just underneath the intake manifold, and i cannot get it out, and need to remove it to reach in and clean it all out.

is it as easy as just removing the bolts slowly and disassambling it?

thanks in advance for the info.

Phun70 · Jan 4, 2011

Ummmm, try some compressed air. Just blow it out.

weeten · Jan 4, 2011

i just did a bit of a closer look...believe it or not...it is a slice of bread...and there is about 8 pieces or so as it was broken apart...god knows how it got in there...im not sure if the compressed air would work...if i could somehow fit a vacuum or something...i took a pic although its hard to see it

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plumcrazy · Jan 4, 2011

get one of those thin syringe, picker, upper things...they work pretty good for this stuff.

or flood it with water, let it sit and soften, then blow it out or more water to push it out

Black Moon · Jan 4, 2011

Spray at car wash? I wash my engine all the time.

Solid Red 98 · Jan 4, 2011

If the debris is dry leaves, use a small wooden dowel, break them up, then vacuum them away.

Martin · Jan 4, 2011

Maybe put a mouse in there, wait till it eats the bread, and then use compressed air to scare the crap out of it and have it run away?

Ricksnake1 · Jan 4, 2011

You have rats!

TexasPettey · Jan 4, 2011

There are very small adapters for a shop vac. You can buy one at Sears with a bunch of attachments. Do a Rodent check in the garage. It's nasty business once they are in there.

95Viper · Jan 4, 2011

Gas backpack blower

Camfab · Jan 5, 2011

That's sure is a strange way to make toast!

VENOMIS · Jan 5, 2011

Hmmm...wonder if i ran duel backpack blowers into my intake if i could make some more power?

Fatboy 18 · Jan 5, 2011

If you have food in there you have a pest problem! As others have said check your garage, also check your wiring to make sure nothing has been nibbled. I remember a while back reading about a car which had mice nesting in the hood lining! I would get some traps and put some poison down.

Im sure if you took the car down to a local auto shop which had an air line they would blow the stuff out for you, try your local tire shop

Phun70 · Jan 5, 2011

Yup, I'm thinking you have mice!!! See if you can con the little fellow into removing the bread for you. Seriously though, use a long tool to break up the bread, then hit it with compressed air and or a vacuum. And get a cat!

cfiiman · Jan 5, 2011

I'm sorry but I busted out laughing when you said "believe it or not it is a piece of bread", then the mice thing hit me when others said it. Guess at first I was trying to picture the orginal owner eating a sandwich or something over the engine and sloppily dropping it and saying "eh, dat's ok".

01sapphirebob · Jan 5, 2011

cfiiman said:
I'm sorry but I busted out laughing when you said "believe it or not it is a piece of bread", then the mice thing hit me when others said it. Guess at first I was trying to picture the orginal owner eating a sandwich or something over the engine and sloppily dropping it and saying "eh, dat's ok".

Thats the first thing I thought as well. :lmao:

weeten · Jan 5, 2011

hey thanks for all the ideas...yeah i laughed my ass off as well when i saw thats its bread...i thought of 100 ways it got in there...one of my windshield washer lines were chewed right at the wiper...so i set a trap out 2 weeks ago...the first night i could one small mouse...since then, i have not caught any, so i a wondering if there was just the one...i will check for that shop vac attachment this weekend and hopefully get that out.

plumcrazy · Jan 5, 2011

if the bread got in, it can get out

Phun70 · Jan 5, 2011

plumcrazy said:
if the bread got in, it can get out

Sure!! If you're a mouse with a small pack mule! :lmao:

ViperTony · Jan 5, 2011

There's a positive to taking the intake off...while you're in there, you can get some head and cam work done.

jrod_okc · Jan 5, 2011

Man this thread makes me hungry.. LOL

goldcup · Jan 5, 2011

If it's mice you will have droppings in the intake also. If it's any rodent you will have droppings!
The pest control business pays all my bills. If it is mice let me know and I will walk you through getting rid of them permanently!

Jack B · Jan 7, 2011

goldcup said:
If it's mice you will have droppings in the intake also. If it's any rodent you will have droppings!
The pest control business pays all my bills. If it is mice let me know and I will walk you through getting rid of them permanently!

Put moth balls on your engine before you go to bed

snakebitdave · Jan 8, 2011

You can make your own shop vac attachment with a cardboard tube from a roll of paper towels. Duct tape the tube to the end of the nozzle if it won't fit over it, then shape the tube to fit into the manifold.

weeten · Jan 9, 2011

thanbs snakebitdave...that actually sounds like it could work...i will give it a shout one of these days when its not -100 outside lol

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