logicbeats

Any advice on how to clean and repair this situation. Let it be known I'm not a mechanic, but mechanically inclined. Thanks in advance

CRuby

1st step is to put tape over intake ports. Don't want to accidentally drop something in there, possibly unnoticed. I'd wipe it all down with paper towels dampened with a bit of mineral spirits.

I removed & resealed that upper pan gasket, just because I was there. I think I just used red RTV, no gasket. I recall I had a tough time removing the pan on my car because those 2 black side pipes made it tough to get the pan flanges past them.
Also you should used some throttle body cleaner spray & paper towels to clean your throttle body.

logicbeats

Thanks for the advice. I ordered intake gaskets and cleaned as much as I could. There is some debris on the valves. Can I spray carb cleaner down there with a shop vac sucking at the same time? I don't know how else to get that stuff out.

old96A4

this is the valley pan gasket issue most 3.0's will have. did mine already. just replace the gasket add some rtv and clean the pipes and put it back together. I'd get new manifold gaskets to.