Other maintainence items with Starter replacement

[HandyManDan]

Replacing my starter. Plan to also replace the heater hoses and T's behind the intake manifold. I think I have a bypass hose that is under the intake and maybe clean the throttle body. Are there any other items that make sense while doing this job?

 

[Aracobuilt]

Replace your intake manifold gaskets. Do not attempt to reuse them.

 

[medtro]

Clean or replace fuel injectors.

 

[3_puppies]

knock sensor?
plan on replacing the plastic connectors as they will be brittle

 

[HandyManDan]

knock sensor?
plan on replacing the plastic connectors as they will be brittle

Do you mean the connectors on the fuel injectors? Or some other ones?

 

[GTV]

Do you mean the connectors on the fuel injectors? Or some other ones?

The connectors that plug into the knock sensors under the intake manifold.

 

[Jack90210]

Great post from @2001LC regarding "while you're in there"

Starter replacement & P0325 blues. Any other "while you are in there maintenance?"

The dreaded "P0325" code popped up yesterday while I was running errands in my 2004 LX470. After running the code, it came back knock sensor 1 is bad. -The good. I have 30 days off work to do this job. - The bad. I really don't want to do this job. For those of you that don't know, knock...

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[3_puppies]

Do you mean the connectors on the fuel injectors? Or some other ones?

The connectors that plug into the knock sensors under the intake manifold.

correct the 1 on the knock sensor and also maybe the one on the starter itself