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Old 04-06-2013, 02:38 PM
skalie skalie is offline
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Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
Can I ask a time-line related question?
When did you do the valve adjustment - before the problems?
After, I took the tappet cover off to see if I could spot anything wrong, then thought, well while I'm here.

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Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
What would probably be called a red neck solution here => have you tired WD40 in the air intake (remove air filter first!)
Yep, brake cleaner in the inlet manifold.

But ........ that reminds me of one thing, we removed the L-shaped hose, from the top of the tappet cover to the inlet manifold, the one whose diameter is the size of a euro or so, and the turn over was remarkably different, as if the timing was backwards or something.

I was surprised that one little hose could make that much difference, we attached it again, things went back to normal, and I forgot about it. I've got no idea if that's somewhat normal behaviour, and I'm not sure if my fellow redneck had already sprayed in brake cleaner at that point.
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