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Old 10-24-2010, 10:45 AM
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Hello,

I've recently found a LS1/T56 combo and I had begun some disassembly for cleaning and inspection purposes.

I noticed that Cylinder 7's intake runner had a much larger amount of buildup on the walls than any other runner. Below are two pictures of Cylinder 7's runner and one from Cylinder 5 for comparison.

Supposedly the engine has 61k miles.


Is this a concern? Does the PCV system deposit more on the Cylinder 7 runner than any other?

I did pull the valve covers and everything had a nice golden color, with no black or buildup on the retainers, rockers, or springs.

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~ Kip


Cylinder 7:








Cylinder 5:
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That looks SUPER clean to me. Must have virtually no blow-by.
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Thats fine

Pop a valve cover and look for sludge build-up




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