Zach L
VR junkie
- Location
- Austin, TX
did you not read this thread?
Yes, and I've posted in it many times. I believe part of Staulker's buildup that occured AFTER the valve cleaning could have been avoided.
When he cleaned the valves the first time, there was nothing mentioned about him cleaning out the intercooler/charge pipes. When I clean valves on cars, I try to clean these parts as best I can. Sometimes you'll pull the hoses and oil/sludge will pour out. This mess comes not from the front PCV port, but the stuff that traveled out the rear port and into the intake pre-turbo, then all the way through this system. Of course much of it is condensing/evaporating as the engine cools/heats. Of course he wasn't adding to this once the VTA can was installed, but the supply could have gradually been evaporating off over thousands of miles, sticking to those valves.