That's major hydrocarbon deposits in the intake runners.  Pretty much
outside my experience ie I've never seen that.  I wonder if that's the
result of a tank of diesel or maybe gigantic amounts of blow-by?

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote:

> I bought an '86 GL auto with an 'overheated', disassembled motor a couple
> of
> weeks ago for $300.  That's the same amount I paid for my '87 GL with the
> same problem- maybe I should take that as an omen. I swapped the tranny
> into
> the '87 and I plan to have that back on the road and legal early next week.
>
> I was thinking about servicing the injectors from the 'new' van or sending
> them out for service so I found the intakes to take a look at them.
>
>
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/Intake#
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/garciasghostvw/Intake>
>
>
>
> I've heard of coked up intakes, but I've never personally seen anything
> like
> that. Is this a result of the overheating or something else? I plan on
> rebuilding the drivetrain for this van after I get the other one squared
> away and of course I was planning on re-using whatever seemed reasonable to
> use. This sort of thing makes me wonder what other surprises I have in
> store
> aside from the more obvious overheating damage.
>
>
>
> What say you?
>
>
>
> Cya,
>
> Robert
>

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