sorry about your luck. hope everything works out okay for you.

Sorry man, I cant say I have had that issue. I just did mine the other day. I did notice that a few bolts seemed to be under torqued when I got through all of them but after another pass with the wrench all was good. Hopefully it was just a defective UIM that you got and not a bad torque wrench.

I hear ya. It is interesting to see how many different things can cause the same symptoms.

Yeah, mine looked like that too so that is what turned me away from it the first time but when the second code popped up I figured I'd dump some more money into her and see what happens and it worked. I was skeptical as to whether that would be it of not.

So, I was on my way up to the trans shop to have them take a look and another CEL popped up for a MAF sensor. I had only cleaned it when this code popped up a week ago. Well I swapped it in the parking lot of the local parts store and had them clear the code again. When I drove off, no more ...

No, it is original.

First off, I am new to this site but not the car. I have an 01' NA with 130k on it and I am having pretty much the same issue. I have replaced a broken vacuum line, lower intake gaskets, upper manifold w/ gaskets, I did a full tune up with OEM plugs wires and ignition coils. Also a fuel filter and ...