"z" <gzuckier@snail-mail.net> wrote in news:1171469121.219308.313920
@a75g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:

> On Feb 13, 5:42 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>> If it's "puking up oil" then you've got a blowby or a sludge problem.
>> That's NOT normal.
>
> Well, not a visible lot, but over the years I notice that some oil is
> now resident in the air filter pipe when I take out this PCV inlet;
> and since the last time I had to replace the gunked up idle air
> adjustment hole, which ended up with the mechanic installing a
> defective distributor for which I ate the cost, a story posted
> elsewhere, I decided to avoid it.



It's normal to have a light film of oil in the vicinity of the breather
inlet from the air cleaner pipe. By "light" I mean a film you can see as
wetness on the plastic, but that doesn't have any thickness.

If that film has turned into gunk and is fouling the throttle plate, then
there is an engine problem.


>
>
>> Although if that were the aim, don't you think they'd bond the two lines
>> together directly instead of insulating them from each other with that
>> black rubber thingy?
>
> What black rubber thingy? On my engine, the two are bonded metal to
> metal. Does the teg have a rubber spacer between them?
>
>

In mine (2nd gen), yes. Other than your guess, I can't see why they'd have
the two pipes together. Maybe Comboverfish has a better idea.


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