GordnadoCRD wrote:
The Flow Control Valve, and the rest of it are all easy peasy with the cam housing / intake manifold removed. If you try to do it with the engine all together and installed, that little piece you pictured requires some very unnatural body flexation to get to all 4 mounts, both to remove the old, and install the new. Once done, it makes it a breeze to work on starter, on glow plugs, on fuel injection, etc.
I've had to pull that CAC to engine hose many many times for many reasons. Once installed and oriented correctly, it's easiest to remove the clamp at the intercooler, and the clamp holding the aluminum Weeks elbow to the adapter that goes on that piece you have pictured, and pull the entire assembly as one piece. Easy out, easy in, no need to bother with all the tweaking and twerking trying to get the elbow and CAC hose aligned correctly, and clamped so they don't rub on things, leak, or blow apart. Only 2 clamps to worry about.
edit: Use T-bar clamps. Buy them if you need to. Trust me, the bit of extra cost is absolutely worth it. Also, this is one place you will want to use forethought regarding clamp orientation. Once everything is together, you will have much less room to access the clamps, so check them when you drop the engine in. It will be even harder to make changes once you get the front end bits bolted back in. Leave the alternator out until you have made sure you can access the elbow clamp with the battery tray in.
Thanks GordnadoCRD,
I seem to have a mental block for the name of the Flow Control Valve (FCV). Even though I write it myself, it probably still won't stick. So I ask forgiveness now for all my past and future misnomers.
Does anyone have a picture of the Weeks kit installed? I'm thinking I can use the factory elbow and simply install the 'Weeks welded 4-bolt flange and hose connection' directly onto the factory elbow. Will that work? I may have to add an extension to the original hose from the Intecooler to the original elbow to bypass the FCV.
Someone, please straighten me out.
Dean.
BTW, what does CAC mean. Seems like it's the same hose from the Intercooler to the Intake.