Owner reviews for intake manifold

I went through this as well. I bought a used 2016 Q3 with 80,000 miles on it. Ran great for a couple months then I started getting an intermittent engine light. Had it checked by a dealer and was told it was the intake manifold, not just the gasket. The repair was $3500, no turbo issues, so I bit the bullet. It’s my wife’s daily driver now, runs as good as it should.

For the PCV issue, Dorman makes an upgraded replacement intake manifold where the PCV valve is captured so there is no way it is going to fall out anymore.

I put 2 in my mk6 until VW finally issued a design revision. Symptoms of failure are similar to your description.

I have 2010 Prius from NEW ZEALAND

I spend NZ ＄350(US＄180-200)for EGR Intake Manifold and throttle clean

My 2012 A3 SLine just hit 120k miles. Only issue I've had with it are ongoing intake manifold runner control errors. I replaced the intake manifold 1-1/2 years ago and walnut blasted the intake valves.

'22 R Issues so far 1. Intake manifold replaced(flapper solenoid). 2. Infotainment/Park distance, etc. It resolved itself after update. Otherwise been fine.

Had a similar experience with a VW dealership when I had to replace my Intake Manifold a few weeks ago. They quoted me 1800 dollars and said it would take 6 hours. A specialist near me quoted half on time, money, and had the car back to me in two days.

On my 2007 A8L, I had a bad vacuum leak. Smoke test showed leaking all over the intake manifold where all the plastic stuff mates to the zinc casting. Cost for a new manifold? $3700.

ford did this on the mustang 96-04 i think the last few years had a revision the intake had a front that ran water and thermostat on a plastic intake. part went out on my mustang twice pre revision.

Carbon build up is definitely still an issue on diesel engines. In the case of the 3.0tdi being discussed here replacing the intake manifold is essentially the fix depending on how severe it is and that will run about 1k between parts and labor. Here's just the intake snout and swirl flaps from one with moderate carbon build up. These can obviously both be cleaned, but the manifold is extremely difficult to get fully clean and replacing it is for sure the easier method.