Hello all, I have been using the information in the post to help and it’s great information thank you

Question not located. When I pulled my intake I see cyl#2 looks clean. However the rest of the intakes look black and greasy. The exhaust look normal. Is this common?

And any tips on headbolt 21 and 18 are starting to strip
(Solved this issue, Snugged the neighboring headbolts and took deadblow hammer to drive the 12point In and it popped loose.)


92 300D with about 280k mile.
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What did the charge pipe look like before the intake? Oily Mess?

Have you performed the wastegate actuator swap from vacuum to pressure? Also have you performed the EGR delete?

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Cleaning the holes really well helps with those tight socket heads.

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www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

Was the headgasket leaking in the area of the first two cylinders? Could have steam cleaned the area perhaps.