Upper Intake damage

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Hey all, just wanted to get an opinion on whether this damage is not salvageable? What you’re looking at is the plenum side that mates with the egr spacer; it was a tough cookie to remove the spacer so the plenum took some damage

Could I just sand this down and carry on or will it never be the same ?

 

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Fill it with some JB weld, sand it flush, add gasket and send it.

If you were planning on deleting the EGR it won't make a difference regardless as you'd be blocking this cavity off anyway, but I would still repair and prep it.

 

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Thanks for the speedy reply!

Side question: my fox has only had three owners and I don’t see that many parts have been replaced, should I replace the TB if I’m going to up the EGR spacer to 70mm? The TPS also looks stock but i am getting a lean engine code but no vacuum leaks from what i can see

 

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Artemisia22 said:

Never mind, the top right hole in the image below looks corroded beyond fixing Thanks for the speedy reply!

Side question: my fox has only had three owners and I don’t see that many parts have been replaced, should I replace the TB if I’m going to up the EGR spacer to 70mm? The TPS also looks stock but i am getting a lean engine code but no vacuum leaks from what i can see

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Artemisia22 said:

Thanks for the speedy reply!

Side question: my fox has only had three owners and I don’t see that many parts have been replaced, should I replace the TB if I’m going to up the EGR spacer to 70mm? The TPS also looks stock but i am getting a lean engine code but no vacuum leaks from what i can see

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Is that a stock HO intake? If so, then it really doesn’t matter what egr spacer or TB is run as the bottle neck is the upper/lower intake.