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Old 12-23-2004, 10:34 PM   #11
Digiko37
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Problem solved! Yah!

I pulled the PCV hose from the valve cover and intake. The valve cover side had air movement, not a lot but some. The intake side... well, there's bad, then real bad, then seriously bad. This was past seriously bad! It was caked solid with carbon buildup. I used throttle body cleaner, a tooth brush, picks, etc. and gave the intake a good cleaning. Then I used an air gun to make sure the channels were clean. I used the air gun on the valve cover also. I pulled the valve cover off hoping I could unbolt the top part of it and clean whatever mesh was right before the PCV outlet but the cover is molded on so all I could do was blow air thru the outlet and watch chunks (yes, chunks) of carbon come out the bottom. I went to the junk yard a couple days ago and got another dipstick and PCV hose. Once all this was done, no more oil from dipstick tube and the car is running great!

Thanks for all the great advise once again!
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