Re: QuickD TB impressions WAS Re: Very disturbing

From: bernd@texas.net
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 11:16:56 EDT


Hehehe....maybe Mopar parts fix themselves. ;)

"It's not a bug...it's a feature"

- Bernd

> At 07:27 AM 10/17/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >One minor item to be aware of...
> >My gasket was leaking...but only causing problems under boost. The two
> >bolts on the passenger side had trails going right around them...no actual
> >gasket was broken...just the area around the bolts. This made it pretty
> >hard to figure out without looking down the TB bores after a "hard run"
> >under boost. - Bernd
>
> Similar type experience with me.
>
> At the tail end of last season's track season, I experienced oil loss
> but could not tell where. I did the intake gasket and pcv tests. I
> took compression readings. All test results showed that nothing was
> wrong. A couple of weeks later, no more oil loss. In April of this
> year, I put in the MPI and noticed that the gasket was 'wavy' (in and out)
> in a couple of areas. The gasket must have leaked a bit and temporarily,
> and then resealed.
>
> Bob
>



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