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Old 02-04-2018, 03:09 PM
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i bought a fast off of here, and i looked inside and it had a ton of oil in it. no big deal. so i popped off the top shell, and there is not a ton, but a quite a few pieces of metal as small as a grain of salt, up to the size of a piece of sea salt. i cleaned it all up, but the seller said nothing about it besides he would recommend cleaning it. not concerned about running the intake, looked over it real good and no visual issues. any ideas?
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Is it a 102?
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It was probably on an engine that had a stock piston fail. The debris can get sucked up into the intake when the throttle closes and the manifold sees vacuum.
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no fast 90. i think he was racing with it. i shouldn't be worried about running it correct?
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no fast 90. i think he was racing with it. i shouldn't be worried about running it correct?
Nah, just clean it out real good, seal it up, and send it.
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yea the metal wasn't shiny so sounds like u might be on the right track with piston material......if that sentence makes sense lol
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as KCS stated, definately something let go on the engine it came off of. I highly doubt the intake has been compromised though.
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thats what i figured. but i was bored and felt like posting something and maybe learn something.
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yeah i bought a FAST intake that showed up in the same condition. Funny the seller didn't mention anything about it and stopped replying to my messages when I asked about it, lol
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yeah i bought a FAST intake that showed up in the same condition. Funny the seller didn't mention anything about it and stopped replying to my messages when I asked about it, lol
maybe these intakes are causing engine failures. time for a recall
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maybe these intakes are causing engine failures. time for a recall
Doubtful.
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lol kidding
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The intake is defective, send me your Fast immediately and I will depose of it.
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