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Re: update on my 85

Posted By:	Derek
Posted On:	November 17, 2003 at 08:48 am GMST

Yea, the intake plenum and runners should be cleaned out anytime the intake or the head is off... why he didnt do that is beyond me, probably just lazy.

JarettM wrote:

> I got the throttle body off of
> the intake today.  Behind the
> throttle plate was just coate
> d with grease and oil.  I then
> stuck a couple of fingers ins
> ide the plenum and lets just s
> ay that theres an 1/8th to a 1
> /4 inch of gunk in there.  App
> arently when I paid almost $20
> 00 to have the motor practical
> ly rebuilt, the guy used my ol
> d head (which I was told I was
> getting a rebuilt one) and he
> didn't clean up anything at a
> ll.  On top of all of this, I
> have a loose heat shield, a re
> ar main leak, power steering l
> eak (which caused an alternato
> r failure) and an exhaust leak
> .  I've replaced the plugs, pl
> ug wires, coil, fan clutch sin
> ce the rebuild, and now it jus
> t doesn't run.  The guy is get
> ting a call from me in the mor
> ning.  I'm none too happy.

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Re: update on my 85 - TRD22REGTS 11/17/03 (1)

Re: update on my 85 - JarettM 11/18/03 (0)

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Message:	Derek wrote: > Yea, the intake plenum and run > ners should be cleaned out any > time the intake or the head is > off... why he didnt do that i > s beyond me, probably just laz > y. > > JarettM wrote: > > > I got the throttle body off > of > > the intake today. Behind th > e > > throttle plate was just coat > e > > d with grease and oil. I th > en > > stuck a couple of fingers in > s > > ide the plenum and lets just > s > > ay that theres an 1/8th to a > 1 > > /4 inch of gunk in there. A > pp > > arently when I paid almost $ > 20 > > 00 to have the motor practic > al > > ly rebuilt, the guy used my > ol > > d head (which I was told I w > as > > getting a rebuilt one) and h > e > > didn't clean up anything at > a > > ll. On top of all of this, > I > > have a loose heat shield, a > re > > ar main leak, power steering > l > > eak (which caused an alterna > to > > r failure) and an exhaust le > ak > > . I've replaced the plugs, > pl > > ug wires, coil, fan clutch s > in > > ce the rebuild, and now it j > us > > t doesn't run. The guy is g > et > > ting a call from me in the m > or > > ning. I'm none too happy.
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