That's very much my feel for it but there's not a huge amount on the net about people DIY'ing the V10's.
I've got ETKA a genuine HEX+CAN Rosstech cable and, as mentioned, several big hammers.
The inlet manifold clean looks fairly straightforward albeit the only extra thing I'd try and do is maintain positive pressure inside the cylinder using a spark plug compression adapter, something like this would do
https://www.ajsutton.co.uk/product/U...FezHtAod1CwA1g
I've got a inspection camera so will give it all a good look first.
We'll see what goes wrong and I'll keep you updated.