WTF - air intake pipes blown off inlet manifold

[pauljsgreen]

Originally Posted by Sboxin

Old fashioned backfire through the intake?

hope so!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Sboxin

Have you put it back together and started it again?

Stuck in take valve?

Timing problem?

not put it back together yet - tomorrow night. still getting over my nosebleed at finding the problem!!

i did run it a bit though and the popping, etc continues. i did think that the popping was related to unburnt fuel because of an extremely over-rich mixture.

Originally Posted by Sboxin

IMHO -- Be very careful with it...

Ed

i won't turn the engine again until it's built back up - then i'll be very cautious...


thanks again
paul

[vipola]

i think you won't have to much trouble to put that in.. be patient take your time good luck

[pauljsgreen]

thanks to all the respondents!!!

put it back together again tonight and it started fine... i didn't run it long

looks like the clips worked loose? i have had some hot rough idle and starting problems - maybe related?

however, you know what it's like when you've gone to the trouble of getting in there.

i've removed the throttle body and taken it into the house to to clean off the butterfly carbon build up.

needless to say i've been using steel wool to clean up the aluminium, etc.

i've removed and i'll clean up / degrease the inlet hose between the air filter and the throttle body while i'm at it.

now that i have peace of mind that reconnecting the hoses returns things to normal, i'll remove the hoses, give them a good clean and renew the clips with stainless - only worry is the little capillary pipe on the hose between the manifolds.

google her i come!


thanks again everyone
paul

[keniof]

I have a porsche boxter 99 and when I start it the car accelaretes and then it doesnt like the engine is not working properly its very hard to explain. its like the engine drowns I had white smoke coming out of the exhoust pipe and I changed the oil separator filter and It is still doing it I heard it could be the air intake pipe that has oil can you help pls.