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      01-25-2013, 07:39 PM   #11
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Drives: 2007 IB M Coupe
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Originally Posted by davesz4mc View Post
I just cleaned my intake and idle ait bypass last night and it was a piece of cake!

I used 1 pair of slip joint pliers (for throttle botty clips), a 10mm socket and wrench and two zipties to replace the one time use clamps on the bypass itself.

Took everything apart and had it back together inside of two hours with a couple beers mixed in.

Idle is waaay smother, the car overall just seems to run and drive better and is a little smoother on throlle.
Cool, glad that solved it for you. What did you use to clean it? Also, could you tell if the valve was stuck? How dirty was it?

Just curious.
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