Well I have finally found some time to pay some attention to the ailing camaro that has been in my garage for a year. I am tearing out parts to get to the head gaskets, since the passenger side one is blown.

So far I got the TB and the Plenum off.

Hit a whole bunch of hoses and tubes above the fuel rails and decided it is too late and tomorrow is Christmas!

When Wed. comes, I will dive back in.

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Was wondering what I can use to clean the TB (inside and out) while it is off?
While I'm at it, what about all the bolts, and other parts?

Should I be replacing all the gaskets I am coming across, like the one between the plenum and then TB or the plenum and the intake manifold?
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Hopefully, by the end of the week, I will have a Camaro which moves more than two incher per hour again.

Happy Holidays everyone.

 

It's definitely a good idea to replace all the gaskets during the assembly. NAPA sells the plenum/runner gaskets a lot cheaper than GM too.

I tried emailing you an intake manifold install file that may help you too but your email isn't listed.

Jake

 

You can clean the throttle body with *drumroll* throttle body cleaner! =p same with the plenum if you are compelled. Get some blue loctite for reassembly and make sure all of the bolts are clean so that they torque down properly. You can reuse head bolts and intake bolts. You should label all the hoses and tubes if you don't know what they are, just to be sure.

Buy a head gasket set from a parts store and replace all the gaskets. You really don't NEED to replace those upper intake gaskets if they are in good shape, they will last forever if you don't accidentally tear them.

Here is one tip: make sure you use two wrenches to disconnect the fuel lines, and replace all of the o-rings that you can get to, its cheap insurance.

Merry Christmas and good luck, pray for no broken/stuck bolts =)

 

Sorry Jake, my email listing was off. If you want to send that over now, that would be great.

Thanks for the help.

 

Are the o-rings all the same size, and are they just everyday o-rings you can get in any hardware store, or are there special ones I need to get for the different applications like on the injectors themselves?

Thanks.

 

IIRC there are three different o-rings, one for the injectors themselves, one for the fuel rail connections(fuel rail to fuel rail), and a really big single ring that goes near the fpr. I only replaced the injector and fuel rail o-rings because I didn't feel like taking to fpr off. Dip them in some oil to make them slip in easier and seal well.

edit: any correct size o-ring you can find at pepboys will work, Im actually using o-rings that came with my shower head in the fuel rails, neoprene is neoprene