[T3] some times gunk is gunkie...

[Brian <vwfye@charter.net>]

<x-flowed>the saga of the 1904cc GEX redux is finally continuing onward.  some of 
you will remember when i drove up to portland and had to redo the top 
end of the engine after 4k miles in Toby's garage.  well, tonight i went 
out to do a partial tune on the engine (it was pinging up the mountain 
today) and found the air cleaners completely full of gunk as well as the 
top of the engine covered with grime and gunk.  the culprit?  Gex put 
the vents on the valve covers in the middle of the top of the cover... 
this, inturn, put the vent hoses at an tough angle around the carb 
manifolds which in turn over time have buckled to the point of not 
really doing any venting.  so, saturday, i will be putting real german 
valve covers on the engine with the breathers in a more traditional and 
better position.  this should allow the breather to breath again and my 
engine compartment to be less gunkie.  and a non-gunkie engine is a 
happy car! 

--
Brian Fye
Wife, Daughter & Baby on the way!
http://www.geocities.com/menacefye

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