So I just bought a 2003.5 P5 and while researching a CEL due to VTCS solenoid, I stumbled across the VICS butterfly screw nightmare threads. (omg)
My car was built in April 2003, so it does fall into the VIN number for the 300C5-1 recall. I checked under the hood and there is no recall sticker. I also looked through all the service records and found nothing. The car is 100%, in really good shape and runs perfect, but now I'm paranoid about the VICS butterfly screws!
The questions I have are...
1. With 162k miles, would this been an issue by now? Didn't many of these catastrophic issues happen with 50k and 70k miles?
2. Without taking intake manifold off, it is possible to go into the intake with a endoscope/borescope through the throttle body, and visually inspect inside to see if any VICS screws or butterfly's have fallen off?
My car was built in April 2003, so it does fall into the VIN number for the 300C5-1 recall. I checked under the hood and there is no recall sticker. I also looked through all the service records and found nothing. The car is 100%, in really good shape and runs perfect, but now I'm paranoid about the VICS butterfly screws!
The questions I have are...
1. With 162k miles, would this been an issue by now? Didn't many of these catastrophic issues happen with 50k and 70k miles?
2. Without taking intake manifold off, it is possible to go into the intake with a endoscope/borescope through the throttle body, and visually inspect inside to see if any VICS screws or butterfly's have fallen off?
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