Originally Posted by 1BADM6

I removed the intake, cleaned the contacts on the connectors and MAF. Everything looked spotless, no cracks, nothing blocking the butterfly. I'm really just going blind without the right equipment and a manual. I was in the process of replacing the CCV and stripped 2 of the torx heads. The upper one I can deal with but the lower one I don't see a solution outside of pulling the motor so, I'm going to put it back put the screws back and dwell on it for a bit. The bolts seemed factory tight and the ones I did crack really took some effort.

After putting things back together and making sure the connectors were secure I crossed my fingers and fired it up. I fully didn't expect it to purr like it did and intently listened for erratic idle and looked for fluctuations in rpm but there was no such thing. I made sure I grabbed my phone before I went on a test drive and I'm happy to report there were zero issues outside of my failed CCV replacement attempt. Either MAF or the connectors were the culprit. I really wish I knew which. I don't think it was the MAF connector because I muddled with that before I dug in to things. Most likely the MAF was dirty even though it wasn't visibly so. I'm going to change the title of this thread so it can be referenced easier in search. Thanks for the input.