The smoke machine arrived a couple of days ago, along with smoke fluid.
Yeah, I know I could have used baby oil instead, but my babies have all grown up and I no longer need to lubricate them, so we're out of that.
The adapters that came with the machine were very useful. There's an expanding bladder plug that fit very nicely in the top of the throttle body. Made it easy to hook up the machine. Only needed to plug the hose to the AAR.
Turns out the driver's side fuel injectors weren't seated properly:
So I took the injectors out, double-checked the seals were still in good shape (they were, since they were brand-new a couple of months ago), and reinstalled them.
Once the injectors were re-seated, I turned the smoke machine back on, to verify they were sealing properly (they were). That's when I noticed smoke from both sides of the throttle body, through the shaft openings.
My first thought was the TB shaft bore must be worn out. Then I realized the smoke had no where else to go except there. So, I decided to just start the car and see if I could adjust the idle. Once it completely warmed up and the AAR closed, I had no problem adjusting the idle to around 950-ish.
Could have even gone a little lower if I had wanted.
Once that was done and everything buttoned back up again, my wife and I went for a drive!
We only went to a local gas station to fill up, but that was another 6 miles on a car that did nothing but sit for my first 4.5 years with it.
Also, my other orders finally came in. I already installed the LED headlights. :headbanger: Tomorrow, I'll work on hooking up the new heater booster fan hoses from 914 Rubber and installing the new seat belts from Seat Belt Planet.