Well just about completed, filled her with coolant and just about to start her up and after final inspection found Egr hose on passenger side not connected to the plennum. The hose has gone hard and forgot to get another, anyway tomorrow is another day. Just like to say thanks to all the members who replied to my questions whilst i was attempting the service on my own. I was a little worried i must admit with everything thats under there but you never know untill you get stuck into it. Here is a list of things i carried out. Removed plennum and bypassed throttle body pipes, Cleaned throttle bodies, Removed injectors and had them serviced and cleaned, Replaced injector insulator seals Replaced all the little fiddly hoses at the back, Timing belt, pullies, all front belts, Alternator bearings, radiator hoses, all electrical injector plugs, and some other ones at the back, spark plugs changed 1000k's ago. All for cost of around $480. Hopefully she will start tomorrow and then i can trace the problem with my injector wiring problem :wacko:
when you think it is full of coolant give your top hose a fairly firm squeeze, if any other hoses are loose, coolant is likely to come out.
Good Job Zed, How difficult is it to pull the plenum ?? I looked at it and thought to myself "when those hoses $hit themselves I will look at it" What's the bypass you spoke of for the throttle bodies?? Graham
Its easier than i thought At first i thought what a nightmare but once you start its not too bad, all the wiring to the coils injectors and sensors will have to be removed and put to the passenger side or out of the way. Might pay to mark your electrical plugs before you remove them so there is no confusion when reinstalling them. Once the plennum is off you will understand wht the throttle body bypass is all about. Basically you coolant system flows through a pipe under the plennum to the throttle body and then back out to the rear of the plennum then it goes over to the other throttle body. Basically you get yourself some new hose and join the 2 pipes that feed the coolant to the tb. The less hoses on the car means less leaks hopefully. It will also make it easier when putting the plennum back on.
No problems so far Started the car today and no drama's what so ever, no coolant leaks and everything seems to be running normal.
