killcrap,

From your parts attachment I see that the fix is upwards of $3000 including labour. It's been a week since my $100 fix (removal of throttle body, drying out of intake and MAF) and the X has never run better (it has approx. 85000 miles and I have owned if for about a year and a half).

Even if my fix is only temporary and would require re-fixing every year, $100 per year over the course of its life is certainly cheaper than dishing out over $3000 in one shot.

So ............ if we are both talking about the same issue, am I doing my X harm by not addressing the intermediate levers and just going with the 'drying out' fix?