well, had the lower intake off before sundown today....thought about leaving it in and having my buddy come tig it up, but thought better of it...
upon removal, i noticed that the cracks were BOTH worse than i thougth and realized they BOTH went through to the outside of the housing and also went down about 7 threads into the hole....
o well....maybe it was a sign...because, well, there was a TON of **** in teh injector housing area and the coolant galleys were all gunked up, and could obviously benefit from my most recent misfortune....
here are a couple of shots...nothing really cool...just some of the dirt and BS....
if you follow the teflon tape string, you will see teh crack, although very small and hard to see...
nastiness....(the previous owner loved teh puddin' nuff said....