remove the intake, (air cleaner) your going to have to lift the fuel rails, a few bolts and some snaps you pop up, and remove the Power Steering resivor and pump, then you should be good to pull the bolts up... check to see if the bolts were just loose.. dont tighten to much regardless, dont want to lift the threads.. its a little more than what's typeable, look on YouTube
same place all restrictor plates are, intake manifold, but the Malibu doesnt have one u can remove, it is build into the intake so u would need a perormance upgrade
Remove the intake manifold retaining bolts from your 1996 Chevy Astro Van. Remove the manifold gasket and clean the surface. Reverse the process to install the new intake manifold gasket.
by hand :)
under top plenum on 3.1 engine at intake manifold.
It is between $65-$85 for the gaskets.
They are under the intake manifold.
They are underneith the intake manifold. You can not see are get to them until you REMOVE the INTAKE manifold.
bad vacuum hoses or leaking intake manifold gaskets.
The thermostat on a 1999 Chevy Malibu 2.4L is located on top of the engine, in the intake manifold. It is within its own housing which is connected to the upper radiator hose.
On valley cover plate underneath intake manifold. Must remove intake manifold to get to them.
It depends on what you have to remove to get the intake manifold off. Once the intake manifold is off it will take about an hour.
There is 2 of them and they are underneath the intake manifold. You will have to remove the intake to get to them.