1G Protege: How to remove the intake manifold
 

I went on an adventure today. I've been dealing with an idle issue for the longest time. Well I think It's fixed. WOOOOT. heres a little how to on how i did it.

1st grab a beer lol.
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disconect the intake pipe
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remove the throttle cable and 4 12mm bolts/nuts that hold the tb on. Remove tb assembly
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remove vacuum hoses
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Remove pcv hose
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Disconect the 2 electrical connections going to te vic and fuel pressure solonoids
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Remove all these 12mm bolts/nuts. There is also 4 12mm bolts on the bottom half that you have to remove to get the top half off.
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also remove this bracket while you're down there getting thos bottom intake manni bolts off. It's right by the starter.
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Grab another
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to get the top half free you must remove these 2 coolant lines.
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Now that the top half is off remove the bottom half 12mm nuts. The bottom ones are a bitch. I used a 6inch and 3inch extention to reach the bottom ones.
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Now that all that is out of the way tak the old gasket out and drop a new one in.
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Just a shot of what you should be looking at when the intake manni is out. I never relized how much of a cluster fk it was behind there.
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While I was at it I desided to put the bottom half of a cut intake manni in place of the old one.
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The rest of the prossess is just taking some cleaner(I used brake cleaner) and cleaning the inside out. Installation is reverse of removal.


I had an idle issue for months and now with a cut bottom half and a very clean intake manni with new gaskets it idles like this.
COLD
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warmed up
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Grab another. You're done.
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:P just noticed this. Nice how-to, though I can't condone the alcohol consumption ;)