oil in intake manifold.............!
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From: Toms River, NJ
oil in intake manifold.............! i think it is oil, it is very thin, dark gold, and oily, but it smells like fuel.
i pulled my tb off to replace with a ported one and i noticed some drops on the back of the throttle plate, i wiped my finger inside the manifold and got a little bit more as well. wtf is this?
also after i installed the ported tb, i went for a drive and it feels like the gas pedal is not as smooth as it was before, it has like an 1/8 inch - 1/4 inch of play before it throttles up, is there an adjustment or is this how they are?
i pulled my tb off to replace with a ported one and i noticed some drops on the back of the throttle plate, i wiped my finger inside the manifold and got a little bit more as well. wtf is this?
also after i installed the ported tb, i went for a drive and it feels like the gas pedal is not as smooth as it was before, it has like an 1/8 inch - 1/4 inch of play before it throttles up, is there an adjustment or is this how they are?
the oil back there is normal,,some are worse than others with that and their PCV systems.
is your TB cable pulling tight on the TB? sounds like a cable adjustment may be in order to relieve some slack. I have never done it, but it involves opening those lil black "pod" lookin things on the cables,,i want to say there are two of them (TCS car). Some folks do have to adjust to get full advantage of the bump stop mod as well. Mine has a bump stop, but when i floor it, my cable dosnt bring my tb cam all the way to the bump stop.
is your TB cable pulling tight on the TB? sounds like a cable adjustment may be in order to relieve some slack. I have never done it, but it involves opening those lil black "pod" lookin things on the cables,,i want to say there are two of them (TCS car). Some folks do have to adjust to get full advantage of the bump stop mod as well. Mine has a bump stop, but when i floor it, my cable dosnt bring my tb cam all the way to the bump stop.
Oil in the intake is unfortunately not unheard of. a lot of guys run a catch can for that very reason. You may need to adjust the idle screw on the new throttle body as well.
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ah, ok, just wanted to make sure I dont have leakage past my oil rings, cause im not ready to put my new motor in just yet haha. so that is what catch cans are for? what exactly would that help? keep the car from smoking?
where is the idle screw on the tb? been looking everywhere for it, not sure what it looks like or location.
where is the idle screw on the tb? been looking everywhere for it, not sure what it looks like or location.
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Alot of people run an oil/air separator between the valve cover and intake. This will catch most of the oil before it gets to the manifold. Use a quality unit like one from Moroso or Stef's if you decide to use one.
