just deleted the mess under the intake and still have a bad idle....

[Mike The Bavarian]

not being rude, but are you relatively new to the m42 ?
chain noise is often the tensioner, but can also be low oil pressure ( bad thing)
on eof the problems wiht the m42 is that the oil pick up bolts get loose, and some oof the other bolts in there, and then the pickup starts sucking air too,

this is an easy fix, easier then what you have already done to the car

so if your ordering all those parts, get the lower oil pan gasket, drop it, find the pile of bolts in the bottom, clean things up, reinstall with loctite
my car had 3 bolts laying in the bottom, others have had more

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=594

there is also a write up on " the easy way" to change the tensioner

Not really. I know my way around the m42 and it's problems pretty well.

[greanthumb]

did changing the intake boot do the trick?

[Mike The Bavarian]

did changing the intake boot do the trick?

still haven't bought it. My car's not on the road so it's not that big of a deal. But i still wanna fix it. I'm getting a intake boot and timing chain tensioner this week. and a new radiator bleed valve....mine's cracked.

[iamsam]

its your freaking ICV. Find one at a junkyard. I spent $8 on a junkyard ICV for my M42 after doing EVERYTHING else to fix the idle, and bam, back to perfect.

[Mike The Bavarian]

its your freaking ICV. Find one at a junkyard. I spent $8 on a junkyard ICV for my M42 after doing EVERYTHING else to fix the idle, and bam, back to perfect.

wooaahhh buddy. I figured that from the begining. I was just seeing other peoples thoughts on it. I needa replace these parts anyways.

[greanthumb]

still haven't bought it. My car's not on the road so it's not that big of a deal. But i still wanna fix it. I'm getting a intake boot and timing chain tensioner this week. and a new radiator bleed valve....mine's cracked.

if you want to get a new intake boot. carquest carries one pretty cheap. like 25 bucks or so. i had to replace both of mine

[iamsam]

wooaahhh buddy. I figured that from the begining. I was just seeing other peoples thoughts on it. I needa replace these parts anyways.

did you get another one yet? just helping you out, buddy.

[Mike The Bavarian]

Nope. I'm waiting to get paid. so i can order a few things i need.

[Mike The Bavarian]

well rev...As i was working on my car today(timing chain tensioner and new expansion tank bleeder valve) I notice....you guys were right...Huuge hole in my intake boot. It wasn't there before. thing's so brittle it must've ripped when i put it back on. thank god it wasn't the icv. I cleaned it anyways but I'm gonna get a new boot and I'll be good..