Improved Upper Intake Manifold Fits for Select 1.4L Engine 2013-2020 Buick Encore/2012-2019 Chevrolet Cruze/2012-2020 Sonic/2013-2020 Trax OE:25200449

These intake manifolds have a small umbrella valve inside of them that cause havoc with the PCV system. This replacement unit fit perfectly and resolved all of my issues. Half the price of what I would have paid at the parts store.

Did exactly what it's supposed to

Muy bueno

Defective part. Item was supposed to be better than the stock part due to a faulty check valve. It was not an improvement. The same piece broke when I installed and started the car. I would like forrie to either replace it or refund my purchase. There should be a orange rubber check valve covering that hole in the picture I uploaded. It blew off immediately after installing.

I installed this into my 2018 Buick Encore as I suspected that the old intake had its rubber bit blown out (despite a lack of codes). I was correct and it was missing, so this part saved me a lot of headaches later down the line (provided it holds up). Install is about as annoying as it can be thanks to GM's genius engineers, but it was a lot easier to replace than my Nissan's. While it fit perfectly, I went ahead and bought a separate Fel-Pro gasket for the intake as I wasn't sure if I trusted the one included. However, based on its construction compared to the Fel-Pro, it looks like it would've worked fine.I'm assuming that the "fix" in this intake is that the same rubber piece has been designed with a large plug of sorts to help keep it from flying out of place. That's the only thing I can see that seems like it's been changed, if anything else has been changed to fix that issue, I couldn't see it.As far as quality, it looks like any other aftermarket part I could've gotten. It seems like a high-quality mold, and I expect it to hold up great. And for the price compared to an OE fix from Dorman, it really can't be beat. Overall I hope it lasts a long time.The only issue I have with it is that the fuel rail mounting holes were not made to the same quality as OEM. OEM had threaded inserts used to mount the fuel rail, while this one just uses plastic holes with included self-tapping screws. So, if you overtighten, then you're out of luck and you'll have to replace the whole thing or jerry-rig something yourself.

Did the job, I also ported it out with a Dremel. It was worth the extra time as the car is a totally different animal going from 3rd to 4th gear as my Cruze is a manual. I buy a lot of 1.4 Cruze's and I've ported intakes on an automatic and same results. You can really tell a difference hitting 3rd and 4th gear. Do not waste the money buying the already ported intake off of the performance part shops, you all know who I'm talking about. It is nothing to port one of these. If your hesitant degrease your old intake and do a practice run on it. If you have the aptitude to replace the intake I assure you that you can port your new intake. Don't waste your time near throttle body housing where that slight cast bump is. You can't beat these for the price.

Original bolts that hold the fuel rail doesn't fit. I tried the size in the help menu, those didn't work.I had to rig it just so it held until I get more info on the size.

Works and fit great!!