DIY - Vitz intake manifold cleaning the lazy way

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Storm (Storm) 2006-09-13 12:03:00 +0500 #21

Salman
if i remove the intake manifold i'll need a new gasket to fit it back otherwise there is a risk of it (old gasket) leaking when i refit the intake manifold to the engine.

kk_83 (kk_83) 2006-09-13 12:23:00 +0500 #22

@storm

nice n clean headlights......is it possible to clean head lights of vitz by urself ? n also tell me how can fade n dirty head lights can b cleaned coz most of vitz have really fade lights (yellowish)

kk_83 (kk_83) 2006-09-13 12:23:00 +0500 #23

BTW nice DIY

szuberi (szuberi) 2006-09-13 12:45:00 +0500 #24

alright....good luck. i will try to find you a shop manual for your car...that will make things easy (im assuming you dont have one but if you do...let me know)

shop manuals are the way to go when doing DIYs.

Storm (Storm) 2006-09-13 15:13:00 +0500 #25

@kk_83
Thanks that is my friends car, you can clean the inside of the headlights with water (which is common over here), but i havn't done it. For the outside you can use some plastic polish for it. Best speak to some honda civic (96-01) owners and see what they have to say since their headlights are also plastic and tend to discolour.

From what i've heard on the mercedes forums (e-klasse) they use some mild abbrasive waxes like a mixture of brasso liquid and car wax/polish.

Storm (Storm) 2006-09-13 15:17:00 +0500 #26

@szuberi
Thanks for having a look for the workshop manual for me buddy. I don't have one at the moment, and i'd appreciate a PDF if you can get hold of it. Right now i've got little bits of the workshop manual but i'll need a full one for real (detailed) DIYs.

Thanks for the URL i'll check it out right now.

szuberi (szuberi) 2006-09-13 15:44:00 +0500 #27

ok...i just downloaded one but its freakin 250MB in size (51 pdf files or folders) and is also in a zipped format.

how big is your emial inbox? my yahoo account is around 1GB so if you have something similar...i can email you the whole file...lol

But if you dont have highspeed internet...good luck downloading it off your inbox..haha...lol

Storm (Storm) 2006-09-13 15:54:00 +0500 #28

@szuberi
LOL!! my whole inbox is only 250MB, any chance of breaking it up or perhaps creating a zip file and sending it. I should be ok for downloading i'm using a DSL connection (256kbps).

szuberi (szuberi) 2006-09-13 16:09:00 +0500 #29

it says its for 1NZ-FE...what the hell is that? sounds like some engine code.

and for some reason...i cant upload PDF files on PW..lol

Storm (Storm) 2006-09-13 16:55:00 +0500 #30

1NZ-FE is the 1.5 (1486cc) engine in the vitz, mine is the 1SZ-FE (approx 990cc). Sounds to me like you have the engine builders handbook or something.

Thanks for looking buddy