hgeranium

Your immaculate drawing will surely stand the test of time as a guide for all things manifold bolts

IIRC you can use a spray bottle of water which will lower the idle instead of raise it when checking around the manifold. That may be a little safer (and cheaper) using on a hot engine compared to brake cleaner. those bottom manifold bolts are a pain. I’ve been told that you can get them from the top by removing the airbox but it’s not worth fumbling blindly. I just take the airbox off and get them from under the truck. You’ve got plenty of room. Also make sure you actually have all the bolts. I’ve heard of people who were missing bolts or studs entirely.

Go dawgs!!!

All good on brake fluid?? If it’s making a noise then there’s definitely something off but if it doesn’t affect engine performance then you’re most likely good on vacuum. If you have a second person, you can get them to pump the brakes with the truck on and hit all around the vacuum port and around the booster itself with brake cleaner to make sure it’s not leaking. The difference between a 97+ and pre-97 booster is out of my wheelhouse so hopefully someone else chimes in on if there would be any problems retrofitting (assuming it’s not the exact same part). However, the fact that the issue seems to be exacerbated by heat leads me to argue that the exhaust manifold bolts or gasket are a likely contributor. It makes sense that heat expansion on the manifold surface and gasket could create an intermittent leak if the gasket isn’t all the way sealed. I have the same issue. Starts and idles great on cold starts but I frequently have trouble after it warms up.

Perfect. I imagine the port is pretty standard with other American manufacturers so I don’t see a reason why not that FP tester wouldn’t work.

That might’ve been one of the worst first halves in A&M history but you can’t deny scoring a 27 point shut out in the latter half despite that is pretty impressive. I knew that South Carolina was going to be a trap game like that but I’m happy we pulled it off

I don’t think y’all have any problems this evening. I’ll be watching the game

What style fitting on a fuel pressure tester do I need to fit on a renix fuel rail schrader valve? I’m looking at buying this one from harbor freight, says it has a fitting for ford and GM style. I see a review of someone that used it for a 4.0 XJ but I wanted to confirm just in case the renix valve is different than HO/facelift.

If it was the brake booster, then you’d typically see it when you press on the brake. The brakes would be very soft or not work at all; you’ll know for sure if it was at the booster. There’s a cruiser54 tip for checking exhaust restriction here You could try to bypass the EGR to see if it runs better. All you need to do is cap off the lines at the EGR valve, air box (if you still have the original one; my renix has an HO box without the vacuum ports) and the vac fitting on the intake manifold. I have a c shaped hose connecting the two ports but you can also just cap those off individually. If it runs better than you can go about fixing up the EGR/replacing the cat to pass emissions.

That sounds like a nightmare lol. How many miles per "tank" were you getting from that?

Lucky man

I've had bad IACs out of the box. 2/3 of the new ones I've bought have been like that. Manifold gasket could always be a culprit. If you haven't tried, tighten the bolts. What do you have? 2.5? 4.0? Renix or HO? Your course of action can change based on this. Is your EGR hooked up or plugged correctly? I had a similar high idle issue and something that seems to have helped fix it was a new EGR gasket. Mine was totally toast. If you have a renix, the MAP to TB vacuum line is especially important. Cruiser54 has a tip to improve it. Also worth checking your throttle body gasket and also making sure the throttle plate isn't getting physically stuck by debris. I would take the TB off, clean it, and replace the gasket. Especially clean the IAC port. Just a few starting points, I'm sure others will have much more to say. Good luck!

Neat! Cheap assembly with a good pump I'm assuming? Worst case scenario that's what I'll end up doing; at least temporarily.

I’m really hoping that MTS is pretty expedient around the new year. The guy on the phone seemed pretty sure that it would be around January time that the new design would come out. I wonder how many CC members are on that waiting list lol

It’s pretty wild that those adapters are comparatively worth an extra $30. But for peace of mind it’s worth it.

this is the one I ordered. Good idea to cancel and order that other one? I don’t see a couple of things in the pic compared to the first one. It was about a $30 difference.

Might be a good idea to throw in a new strainer while I'm at it, huh?

Good to know. Not sure where I heard the thing about taking the bed off, maybe I got taking the tank off to remove the bed switched. And that is GREAT that I don't need to drop the tank. I found an even better deal on the Bosch. $40. Come Thanksgiving I'll throw the Bosch pump in, new fuel filter, and hopefully fix the oil issue with the VCG and PCV grommet. Thank you so much!

I may not have a choice other than to take my chance with a chineseum sending unit with the bosch pump. If I'm installing a ter Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 They all look equally sketchy so I may just get the cheapest one since I'm going to install that MTS unit at the turn of the new year anyways.

Already done!

Bad news. Just called them and they're backordered til after the new year. Something about re-engineering the part. They're just getting names and numbers for when the part is available.

Ok cool so that one should work. And I found one on ebay for $72. If I'm doing this job it's getting done right. Actually doing the job is another thing I wanted to pick your brain about. The truck has about half a tank of gas. I feel like I read somewhere that it's easier to pull the bed rather than the tank because there's more things you have to remove to get enough clearance for the tank to drop. If I'm totally wrong then I'm all ears. I want to make this as easy on myself as possible.