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Old 10-10-2013, 01:33 PM   #34
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It is an oven

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Originally Posted by jb92563 View Post
The IMS tube is not an oven and is the same heat as all the other oil in the engine so all this talk of burnt oil in the IMS tube does not make sense.
It's just a crock pot instead of a convection oven.
I have seen and smelled a couple of dozen cars in which the oil that came out of the IMS was as thick as molasses and stunk like nothing I'd smelled before.
We had to dissolve it with carb cleaner.

If you NEVER change the oil in your car it will gunk up and do the same.
The oil that seeps into the IMS is not replenished and that's why it's cooked.

Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
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