I did wash and clean the intake plenum. as it was really mucky. Turned up really nicely and I reinstalled the injectors:
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From some reason, the paint is much nicer from the bottom. I would expect it to be vice versa, from the bottom, where all the heat comes up I would expect the paint faded and peeling. However the bottom side of plenum is perfect and it is the visible top part that is peeling and fading...
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Talking about peeling paint, for the moment the plenum looks OK-ish, but on closer inspection there are already many locations where the pint is cracked or flaking off. Lets see how long will it last.
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Has somebody found a way how to restore it in original color? I understand that the OEM paint should be Riloplast M962 Maserati beige, but I think it exists only in theory and I don't think anybody managed to find/buy it in reality.
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As the last update, waiting for the oil pressure sensor to arrive, I received the Scud Ing Swiss F1 pump relay and installed that one on the side of the battery cutoff switch. I don't expect to feel any differences, but good for the piece of mind, pump monitoring features and some additional things like activating the pump for system bleeding without diagnostics etc....
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