I got a check engine light a few weeks ago that the intake manifold went out on my 2013 VW GTI. It has just over 84K on it. Lots of highway miles from my wife.
I'm a semi mechanic by trade and was a mechanic at a Honda dealer before that. That being said, the job isn't difficult if you have the right tools and watch
a video on Youtube how to do it and have some competence. After I scraped all I could, I vacuumed, blew out the ports with compressed air and sprayed in
GM top engine cleaner and got it all looking new again. After I got it all back together, I test ran my car and changed the oil, spark plugs, gas filter and the air filter.
This is a pretty easy engine and car to do this procedure on.
I'm a semi mechanic by trade and was a mechanic at a Honda dealer before that. That being said, the job isn't difficult if you have the right tools and watch
a video on Youtube how to do it and have some competence. After I scraped all I could, I vacuumed, blew out the ports with compressed air and sprayed in
GM top engine cleaner and got it all looking new again. After I got it all back together, I test ran my car and changed the oil, spark plugs, gas filter and the air filter.
This is a pretty easy engine and car to do this procedure on.