Originally Posted by skalie

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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.