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Old 05-02-2011, 06:31 AM   #36
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yeah the ramps/tensioner pads on the variocam solenoid - though all the pictures i've seen of them show them as a brown color and the bits in the filter were black and rounded. so perhaps the chain guides as well. can't imagine both of them are fine after that many miles / years.
I found black bits in my filter and thought they were tensioner guide material but when I put pressure on them they crumbled like carbon.....carbon deposits released by my spirited driving perhaps; they were roundish small bits ....quite a bit actually. I am not really sure what they are

....couple of green copper specs along a few silver metallic specs which were cause for concern
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