ok first plenum i didnt care much about it now since i have to get in there agian i figure do it right...i dont have alot of sludge just normal build up...is it recommended to clean it up and if so how would i go about doing it

 

My concern would be loosening some up and letting it get into the oiling system, could clog something up...Kill the motor.

 

laugh if you will, but I modified an attachment for the shop vac to be about the diameter and length of a pencil, and vacuumed that crap out of there.. there wasn't a lot, but what was, was no more when I finished.. what wasn't vacuumed was wiped with a rag- and then re-vacuumed to make sure there was no lint left behind..

when it was buttoned up, it was clean as a whistle..

 

Shop Vac FTW...

 

Laugh? Nothing but respect for someone who makes a tool to fit the job. I'd like to see what your attachment looks like.

 

HA!! I tossed that thing when the job was done.. it was pretty nasty..

all it was was the skinny attachment (i guess for cracks and such?).. I cut it with a dremmel wheel from where it tapers from the hose connection to be the same width/diameter to the end.. and then I wrapped it with tape.. it worked just fine..

 

i just used my trusty pointer finger and a clean rag

clean rag to suck up the oil

finger to scoop up the scrap i had

then a clean rag, wipe up every thing real good,,,,, i just wacthed to make sure i didnt drop any thing down by the cam

 

I'm in the middle of this right now. My valley is remarkably clean, although my plenum was blown, VERY blown. Just planned on using shop towels.

 

i got the shop vac out and sucked it all up then wiped it down sucked up again...then she was good enough to eat...well not really

 

At 133k I didn't have any sludge at all when I did my plenum. I thought I'd see some, but couldn't find any. The PO must have done a lot of oil changes.