What is this stuff?
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Drifting
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From: Leander TX
What is this stuff?
I removed my intake and found this. It is blocked solid with some residue I guess. The big pic shows the texture of the stuff. What is it and how or should I remove it?
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Drifting
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From: Leander TX
Re: What is this stuff? (OrangeC4)
Yah it came from the place you are talking about. I was able to chip out that piece I was holding in my hand. It almost looks like it should be a cooling passage.
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Re: What is this stuff? (85WHITEZ51)
That is a water passage it should be clear on the head but it does not go anywere the passage on the intake is blocked. On cars with carbs It's open from one head to the other.
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From: Kyle TX (Because Mojo Made me fill it in)
Re: What is this stuff?
it kind of looks like a pistachio nut.
I didnt know you were tearing apart the 85 this weekend. Having fun? Makes me want to rip into mine too just to replace some gaskets.
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Re: What is this stuff? (85WHITEZ51)
That is casting material. A wooden form is pressed into sand mixed with an adhesive, the sand takes the form of the wooden form pressed into it and then molten metal is poured into the sand form. What you have is sand and adhesive stuck into your intake casting. The sand gets colored green from the adhesive.
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Re: What is this stuff? (85WHITEZ51)
It is a pistachio nut. I read about this in hot rod magazine a while back. Make the car run cooler. The shell releases some enzymes that neutralizes the pH in that coolant. neutralize ph = less corrosive..
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