Hi Elgin! Your videos are great - very helpful for me as i learn my car better and gain confidence in working on it. Do you have a link to the spark plugs you used? Similarly, what oil filter would you recommend? I noticed on your fuel injector video, you removed the MAF, throttle body and intake manifold, but on the video i cant see exactly how. I noticed on the MAF, there are 2 torx screws - is it just these that need to be removed after removing the hose pipe? Is the throttle body easily removable? I plan to clean them both up this weekend!
Hello Raj, Thank you for viewing my videos! I am glad they helped. I got them on cars245.com, cars245.com/en/item/bosch-0242230534-spark-plug/ Try this. For oil filters, any good aftermarket brands will do the trick. I use most good brands like Mann, Valeo, Bosch, etc.. For removal of the intake sections, start with the MAF, then the rubber sleeve then the throttle body. There are 4 screws holding the body, 2 on top 2 below, a pain to remove but do slowly, taking care of all the clips and wire harness. The manifold body(black) has a small screw underneath with a bracket attached to it so be careful. The rest is pretty straightforward. The fuel rail and the injectors are a different story, a bit more complicated. Sorry that part of my videos got corrupted. The rail and the injectors comes out together as a whole. But the fuel pipes have to be disassembled first. They are very high pressured so make sure you rest the engine for a few hours and remove them very slowly. Let me know if you have more questions. Thank you.
Hi Elgin, thanks for another educational video. Did your car misfire due to the ignition coil? I noticed you have a heat shield on the ECU, does that help in extending the ECU lifespan? I heard ECU will "burn out" due to aging, what's your experience? Have a nice weekend :)
Hello... No, just routine change for the plugs and coils. They were 3-4 years old. As for the heat shield, it's a aluminium tray...lol. It helps with the direct blast of heat from the fan. But after the heat soak comes in, most of the engine bay would be about the same temperature. Yes, the 159 has the ECU problems of heat or moisture that affect it. So any means of heat reduction would be good. Maybe a fan drawing cool air from the outside?
Hi Elgin! Your videos are great - very helpful for me as i learn my car better and gain confidence in working on it. Do you have a link to the spark plugs you used? Similarly, what oil filter would you recommend?
I noticed on your fuel injector video, you removed the MAF, throttle body and intake manifold, but on the video i cant see exactly how. I noticed on the MAF, there are 2 torx screws - is it just these that need to be removed after removing the hose pipe? Is the throttle body easily removable? I plan to clean them both up this weekend!
Hello Raj,
Thank you for viewing my videos! I am glad they helped. I got them on cars245.com, cars245.com/en/item/bosch-0242230534-spark-plug/
Try this.
For oil filters, any good aftermarket brands will do the trick. I use most good brands like Mann, Valeo, Bosch, etc..
For removal of the intake sections, start with the MAF, then the rubber sleeve then the throttle body. There are 4 screws holding the body, 2 on top 2 below, a pain to remove but do slowly, taking care of all the clips and wire harness.
The manifold body(black) has a small screw underneath with a bracket attached to it so be careful. The rest is pretty straightforward. The fuel rail and the injectors are a different story, a bit more complicated. Sorry that part of my videos got corrupted.
The rail and the injectors comes out together as a whole. But the fuel pipes have to be disassembled first.
They are very high pressured so make sure you rest the engine for a few hours and remove them very slowly.
Let me know if you have more questions.
Thank you.
Hi Elgin, thanks for another educational video. Did your car misfire due to the ignition coil? I noticed you have a heat shield on the ECU, does that help in extending the ECU lifespan? I heard ECU will "burn out" due to aging, what's your experience? Have a nice weekend :)
Hello...
No, just routine change for the plugs and coils. They were 3-4 years old.
As for the heat shield, it's a aluminium tray...lol. It helps with the direct blast of heat from the fan. But after the heat soak comes in, most of the engine bay would be about the same temperature.
Yes, the 159 has the ECU problems of heat or moisture that affect it. So any means of heat reduction would be good.
Maybe a fan drawing cool air from the outside?