Intake Manifold removal

[Dave M]

Other than the apparent nuts and bolts you can see, separate the throttle body from the plastic intake. It'll make life easier. The toughest part is loosening two 6 mm bolts (10 mm socket) between the intake support bracket and the intake itself.

Agreed, the only tricky part involves the silly brackets that brace the manifold from the block to up under the throttle body. Removal of the nut is easy, getting it back on the thread when re-installing blind takes a bit of patience. Don't tug / pry too hard on the fuel injector wiring rail.

Otherwise, remove some stuff, pull on the manifold, determine whats still atttached and remove it. Pull again, remove whats attached. Repeat this untill you can walk six feet from the car with the manifold.

Dave

[BennyM]

Do you have to replace the intake gaskets every time you remove the manifold?

[Mordan]

Do you have to replace the intake gaskets every time you remove the manifold?

i wouldn't say so.. if they look good, I don't see why you must.

headgasket, you have to because oil get in between.