That's major hydrocarbon deposits in the intake runners. Pretty much outside my experience ie I've never seen that. I wonder if that's the result of a tank of diesel or maybe gigantic amounts of blow-by? On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > I bought an '86 GL auto with an 'overheated', disassembled motor a couple > of > weeks ago for $300. That's the same amount I paid for my '87 GL with the > same problem- maybe I should take that as an omen. I swapped the tranny > into > the '87 and I plan to have that back on the road and legal early next week. > > I was thinking about servicing the injectors from the 'new' van or sending > them out for service so I found the intakes to take a look at them. > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/Intake# > <http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/Intake> > > > > I've heard of coked up intakes, but I've never personally seen anything > like > that. Is this a result of the overheating or something else? I plan on > rebuilding the drivetrain for this van after I get the other one squared > away and of course I was planning on re-using whatever seemed reasonable to > use. This sort of thing makes me wonder what other surprises I have in > store > aside from the more obvious overheating damage. > > > > What say you? > > > > Cya, > > Robert >
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