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Tonight's stupid question:

Is there anything on the 5.0 upper intake that I should worry about rusting?

I had the upper intake sitting outside while I used carb and choke cleaner and a soft wire brush to try and get the carbon/oil out of it, and it started raining unexpectedly. (this is the dry season now)

The outside of the manifold was painted recently, and I even painted over most of the vacuum fittings. (figured I could sand 'em off lightly if the paint being there was a problem) However, some water made it inside the manifold.

Is this going to be a problem at some point?  :dunno:



And no, I didn't leave the  windows open.. :p  :giggle:

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Reply #1 –
Naw, you'll be OK as long as you get the water out before installing it.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

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Reply #2 –
Any problems, then, with using the water to flush out the  building up inside there?

This thing has a TON of carbon/oil buildup in it. On the EGR plate, I had to take a screwdriver to the hole because it was almost completely plugged up.. and from there back into the upper (and lower) intake it was just caked on there and shiny. I was having some success dislodging it with the carb and choke cleaner (along with some of my fresh paint) :( but I wonder how much has built up in areas I can't immediately access.

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Water is fine to get the crud out. I would recommend a carbon cleaner (combustion chamber cleaner). Spray it in, let it soak for a bit, then hose it out. The intake is nothing more than a chunk of aluminum, so a bath won't hurt it. Just be sure you get all the water out before reinstalling it...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #4 –
I'm gonna need something that works better than what I have. Everywhere I was able to spray carb and choke cleaner AND brush it, it's pretty clean. Everywhere I can't physically reach still looks awful.

I'll have a look next time I'm @ AutoHole.. although now that my front brakes (on the '86) are singin', I have something a little more important to spend my limited funds on.

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Reply #5 –
You could remove the freeze plugs on the upper intake if you haven't already.  That should help you get at the plenum.

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Reply #6 –
I've heard rumours that that seafoam stuff works, though the car has to be in running order.
Temporarily Foxless? Ride the Bull...

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Reply #7 –
Why would the car need to be in running order to clean a manifold sitting on my front doorstep? :D

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Reply #8 –
I guess you're supposed to use the product by putting it in the intake or something and the running the car. It creates a wicked amount of smoke out the back end of the car from cleaning all the carbon out. Tho some people swear by it I guess others despise it. :dunno:
Temporarily Foxless? Ride the Bull...
 

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Reply #9 –
The car's not going to be running for a little while. I have to cut my car expenditures to an absolute minimum until I get this holiday  out of the way. I'm stuck buying things like $2 cans of carb and choke cleaner and cleaning the manifold with a wire brush.. I can't even really afford to buy the new EGR and throttle body gaskets to put everything back together to run it. I'm thinking of duct-taping over the top of the lower manifold (I have it plugged with two clean bath towel rags) and letting it sit for a couple weeks, but I'm worried that the duct tape might stick TOO well to the upper-to-lower gasket and tear it up. (it looks to be in pretty good condition, so I don't plan on messing with it)

Maybe if my Ebay sales REALLY pick up in the next week or so, I can afford to get the gift  out of the way and get back to the cars. Of course, it still takes 3-4 days for PayPal transfers to my bank.. :shoothead

(and yea, it's pretty sad when you can't even afford a couple gaskets.. but that's a couple gaskets, plus whatever I purchase to clean out the intake.. and right now I have $17 in the bank, $28 on the way from PayPal, another $15 or so IN PayPal, and the first of two gifts alone is going to cost me around $50-60.. I have a billing coming on 12/4 for $13.99 of that)