So i was on a quasi road trip that went longer than expected, so i decided to stop at oil can henry to get my oilchanged, 4 thousand miles later its time to change my oil so i open my hood up to add seafoam and what do i see, the intake S tube that connects tohe airbox is discconected. Its like they didnt put it back on. I live in santa cruz, CA, so its not like its incredibaly busted, but is there anythign I can do to fix this?? thanks

Do the slow-pour of Seafoam through the throttle body then do a compression check a few days later. Any big problems will show up then. Also, ALWAYS check after others service your car...ALWAYS.

well i did a pour of seafoam, and changed the oil today, how do i go about doing a compression check.

why'd they take the S-tube off to change the oil?



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You have no choice to do so on an ecotec,the filter is right below it.

Grab a buddy, a compression gauge at the local auto parts store, and a spare afternoon (shouldn't take more than an hour or so). Disable the fuel pump, run out the standing gas in the line(s), remove all spark plugs, and follow the instructions with the gauge. If all readings are relatively close, you'll probably be OK as far as wear is concerned. Don't know about what readings you should get. I checked my '96 2.2 when relatively new and got 172-174 psi across all four.

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You have no choice to do so on an ecotec,the filter is right below it.

You can change the oil filter without removing the S tube.

GBro wrote:You have no choice to do so on an ecotec,the filter is right below it.

didn't even look to see if it was an eco




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holy crap thats alot of work, i dont think there is major damage, after the oil change i took it out to my friends house (he owns private property wiht "drag" road) and ran it through the gears, and it felt better than before the last few oil changes. Dunno no longer worried, thanks for all the thelp though!