Tex Arcana
10-25-2006, 11:15 PM
Me and rickgig got together to clean my intercooler, blower, intakes, and change my plugs. Didn't get alot of pics except for these:
http://i14.tinypic.com/2afdc0j.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/2nlfmo3.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/2uohudd.jpg
These are the original, stock plugs, I was just past 60k on the clock. Rick said that all but one or two plugs were actually LOOSE, as in it took almost no torque to break them loose. :eek: Surprising, considering how well it's been running. :shrug:
Not sure how to interpret the look of the old plugs, they look fairly nasty (and show the blowby on the threads), but like I said, the damn thing ran great. If anyone can offer some insight, I'd appreciate it.
The grey stuff on either side of the plugs in the pics is the teflon from the blower rotors. Yep, when I went to clean 'em, the stuff bubbled--of course, dummy me, I used Berryman's B12 Chemtool carb and choke cleaner to clean them, oops. But, it all peeled off pretty well, and some research showed that it's not too big a deal (I hope). They cleaned up quite nicely, as did the inside of the case. I changed the gear oil as well, and lubed the back bearings while I was at it. It turned nicely, and sounds a bit more metallic, but sounds okay.
The intercooler was a nasty mess, too, damn near black. That purple cleaner Rick used on his did the trick, tho, and it cleaned out really well, as did the upper and lower intakes.
I did notice something disturbing while we were doing this: my cheapie oil separator isn't doing the job. Found a considerable amount of oil in the PCV vacuum hose in the upper plenum, and the gasket between the upper plenum and blower showed some oil migration across the seal, which I fixed with silicone gasket sealer.
Which begs the question: with the blower rotors stripped clean now, will they work better with a film of oil on them (thanks to the PCV), or should I try harder to eliminate the oil contamination??
Anyway, that was the gist of my day. Much thanks to Rick for his help, he did a lion's share of the work today, especially while I was researching the "stripping rotors" thing (difficult to do when your internet is down 3 out of every 5 minutes :hammer:). And much thanks to anyone's response on the questions posed in this post.
http://i14.tinypic.com/2afdc0j.jpg
http://i14.tinypic.com/2nlfmo3.jpg
http://i13.tinypic.com/2uohudd.jpg
These are the original, stock plugs, I was just past 60k on the clock. Rick said that all but one or two plugs were actually LOOSE, as in it took almost no torque to break them loose. :eek: Surprising, considering how well it's been running. :shrug:
Not sure how to interpret the look of the old plugs, they look fairly nasty (and show the blowby on the threads), but like I said, the damn thing ran great. If anyone can offer some insight, I'd appreciate it.
The grey stuff on either side of the plugs in the pics is the teflon from the blower rotors. Yep, when I went to clean 'em, the stuff bubbled--of course, dummy me, I used Berryman's B12 Chemtool carb and choke cleaner to clean them, oops. But, it all peeled off pretty well, and some research showed that it's not too big a deal (I hope). They cleaned up quite nicely, as did the inside of the case. I changed the gear oil as well, and lubed the back bearings while I was at it. It turned nicely, and sounds a bit more metallic, but sounds okay.
The intercooler was a nasty mess, too, damn near black. That purple cleaner Rick used on his did the trick, tho, and it cleaned out really well, as did the upper and lower intakes.
I did notice something disturbing while we were doing this: my cheapie oil separator isn't doing the job. Found a considerable amount of oil in the PCV vacuum hose in the upper plenum, and the gasket between the upper plenum and blower showed some oil migration across the seal, which I fixed with silicone gasket sealer.
Which begs the question: with the blower rotors stripped clean now, will they work better with a film of oil on them (thanks to the PCV), or should I try harder to eliminate the oil contamination??
Anyway, that was the gist of my day. Much thanks to Rick for his help, he did a lion's share of the work today, especially while I was researching the "stripping rotors" thing (difficult to do when your internet is down 3 out of every 5 minutes :hammer:). And much thanks to anyone's response on the questions posed in this post.