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TONS OF sLUDGE..what could caused it all??? His car ran fine.......
its a 95 Trans am A4 ..dynoed 245 bone stock -(bullet muffler) few weeks ago.
MArcin

 

sludge, sludge maybe somebody let that thing go 10,000mi before an oil change

 

yuck! you say his car running fine correct? has it ever been seafoamed? btw, nice calipers...

 

are they lt1 or ls1 calipers?
Looks like whoever he bought it from never changed the oil.

 

You sure there isnt water getting in the intake somehow?

Cody

 

they are LT1 calipers..Thanks..


Yeah i think he might be suckin WATER thru the donkey dong.....HE PUT SOME HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF IT....I WAS LIKE WTF MAN..THERE IS YOUR SLUDGE PROBLEM...i just wanted to Double Check if that could be the cause.

 

well i just learned another thing...HE ALSO PUTS tONS OF STOP OIL LEAK CRAP IN HIS ENGINE.. No wonder his engine is all sludged up

 

Does he also use Penzoil?

Seen worse... but not much worse.

-Mindgame

 

how hard was it for u to remove the intake manifold...how much time did it take...would there be a noticeable performance difference by cleaning it out..i have noticed alot of black carbon and whatever inside of mine. Would it be worth takinf apart and cleaning out?

 

not unless you have an oil leak. your intake will get a lot of carbon in it but that sludge is probably a combination of the oil leak stopper and irregular oil changes.

 

How did you see under the intake with it on? I'm asumming u meant it the TB. If so just get some TB cleaner (TB cleaner, not regular old carb. cleaner,its bad on the O2's) and with the engine off open the TB and give it a good soaking a few times, should clean right up. As far as making it run better, might help smooth out the idle a bit, thats about it.

 

Time For Seafoam, thats for sure

 

From some of the old timer mechanics I've heard them say "Oil is oil unless it's Quaker State". And what they meant by that was it really didn't matter what brand of oil you bought so long as it wasn't Quaker State. Supposedly Quaker State sludges up real bad or at least it used to. I'm pretty sure they have changed their formula though? Either way, he didn't happen to run Quaker State, did he?

 

Yeah, what Brent said.

Was it Q State or Penzoil.... I think we have a running bet going here.

-Mindgame

 

Looks to me like the engine was run cold, either because the thermostat was incorrect, or because the car was driven very short distances, perhaps to and from a nearby workplace.