I have a cheap $60.00 intake and noticed when i opened the hood that it had come out of the rubber flange at the TB. I noticed a thin layer of black residue around the rubber and the end of the intake as well as on the inside side of the TB plate. This was a bit thick, like dipping your finger in black ink. Is this normal? Does the oil come from the crankcase breather(the little one on the right, top of the valve cover, if thats what it is)? Should i be concerned?
Thanks for your help.
Tim


97 RS
Cheap Short ram intake(soon to be bastardized into a CAI, i hope)
Indiglos (who dosen't?)
Front & Rear upper strut bars
Rear lower Stablizer bar
Front RRE lower Tie bar
Eibach Sportline Springs
17" Focal Type 161's
Stock shifter shortened 1.25in
Custom shift plate(no more shift boot)
GS-T exhaust
Plus, all the little changes...

A couple things contribute to this. One is the crancase ventalation back into the intake track of the driovers side of the valev cover. The other is the EGR system (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Which takes dirty exhaust gas and recirculated it under certain conditions. Such as idle and steady cruising throttle. It's done to improve emissions, but what it achgieves that matters to me is it gunks up the TB andintake manifold with the residue you are describing. When I have install my ported/polished intake manifold I will cap off the EGR system ( I already run two K&N breathers to keep gunk/hot air out of the intake track) so I don't dirty the manifold.

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Injen CAI w/ K&N Breather Filters, AFX UDP, 55mm TB, GS-T Muffler, FU/RU/RL STBs, Front NRG Susp. Motor Mount Ins., Red Silicone Hose Kit, 8.5mm Magnecor Wires, Bosch Rapidfire Plugs, TSW Blade 17x7.5, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 215/45ZR-17.

And in my Room: Rear disc brake conversion kit, SS Brake Lines, Intake manifold 4 porting, Rear Motor Mount Ins. Silver Cadmium Plated KVR Cross Drilled Rotors and KVR Carbon Fiber Kevlar Pads.

Waiting for from RRE: Front Lower Tie Bar, SS Clutch Line.

just cap off the small inlet on the intake pipe. run a vacuum type hose from the valve cover down and vent it under the engine into the atmosphere.

Its normal and doesn't take very long to get that way.


Stan2gnt
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95 Talon 420A-Turbo
Former and future nitrous user