That's basically what it seems like, just a light coating. Cleaned the PVC
valve when I cleaned the throttlebody. Boy was that dirty and possiblly
where some of the oil came from. Went for a 75 mile ride and everything
seemed smoother. Added a quart of oil, cleaned K&N drop, throttle body, and
PVC valve.
"ffastje" <ffastje@cox.net> wrote in message news:4172B33D.60702@cox.net...
>
> Bill Knight wrote:
>> Looked down the throttle body of my Durango today, just looking around.
>> There is a very thin, more like residue, of oil. The durango runs fine,
>> no apperant smoke from exhaust, good gas mileage. I did check the oil
>> and it is 1-2 quarts low. It has been several months since I checked.
>> Is the residue normal? I'm going to clean it with some throttle body
>> cleaner and see how long it takes to return.
> When i looked in mine before they replaced it a few weeks ago. It had a
> substantial amount of oil now that it has been replaced it looks like a
> lite coating of oil. like you would put on a metal blade to keep it from
> rusting. HTH.
>
> --
> Francis Fastje
> 1999 CC 3.9L 4x4 ffastje@cox.net www.synlubestore.com
>
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