Nothing to see here, just project Sisyphus, move along
10-01-2015, 06:12 PM
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The drips were there before but I didn't associate them with oil, but rather the stupid no-ignition fuel things I did with the Megasquirt. I pushed a SHITLOAD of fuel into the exhaust at one point, I had fuel dripping out of the vbands, tailpipe, everywhere. I never did anything stupid enough to light it off and create a massive backfire, so I had figured it was just more seepage. I squirted the drip markes with brake clean on Monday when I got home and it went away, and it was not until this morning that I realized they were back with a vengeance.
No worries man, I appreciate you posting up! I wouldn't expect you to even TRY to keep up with the thread at this point 
You're work is most certainly done, and I appreciate the effort!
But on a more serious note, I want to say this now before there is any confusion: this obviously existed before the car was tuned and has nothing to do with anything Vlad could have possibly done to the car. I hold him in no way responsible for any of my mess. Nobody get any bright ideas and start pointing fingers
You're work is most certainly done, and I appreciate the effort!But on a more serious note, I want to say this now before there is any confusion: this obviously existed before the car was tuned and has nothing to do with anything Vlad could have possibly done to the car. I hold him in no way responsible for any of my mess. Nobody get any bright ideas and start pointing fingers
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10-01-2015, 06:32 PM
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Yeah, its oil. Its not a dry deposit of dark wierdness like we saw before, this is wet and oily and feels like oil between the fingers. I can't think of what it would be OTHER than oil.
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10-01-2015, 08:22 PM
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When it is cool spray the head and block really good with brake cleaner and get it really degreased.
Edit: California? Sorry you can't buy brake cleaner. Forget I mentioned it.
Edit: California? Sorry you can't buy brake cleaner. Forget I mentioned it.
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10-01-2015, 08:36 PM
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Lol, we have brake cleaner here. It works exactly the same as the stuff I 'smuggled' across the border from Arizona 2 years ago so I don't bother with that silliness anymore.
Plugs will be out in the next 20 minutes or so, or however long it takes for them to not burn my fingerprints off.
Plugs will be out in the next 20 minutes or so, or however long it takes for them to not burn my fingerprints off.
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10-01-2015, 09:33 PM
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So. Pull the turbo and the manifold? I wonder if I can unbolt the turbo from the manifold and downpipe and move it far enough out of the way to not need to disconnect the coolant lines. Humm...
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10-01-2015, 09:49 PM
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I had the same mess on the block and even all over the flanges in the connection but nothing on the plugs or in the ports. Very hard to see amount above the manifold flange because it coated the whole thing evenly. Fixed my crank case venting, stopped getting oil on the side of the block.
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