When my buddy and I installed an aftermarket header a couple months ago we noticed the intake valves were white on the header side and it looks like some kind of deposit build up is there. Has anyone ever ran into this issue and found a good way to solve it without taking the engine apart? Usually when I see dirty intake valves they are black.
Status on vehicle:
- I do a lot of short trips because I don't live far from the base and did a lot of short intervals driving to different buildings within a couple of miles.
- Highway driving is usually less than 10 minutes a day because there is no need for me to be on there.
- I have a short ram intake that I've been running since 15,000 miles and car currently has 97,000.
- Valve cover gasket is leaking a little bit and I just switched to Valvoline FS w/Max Life 0W-20 because of the bad piston design and seals are probably old by now. (There's a TSB for oil consumption on these vehicles)
So yeah I'm just pretty curious if anyone has ever ran into thi before.
Status on vehicle:
- I do a lot of short trips because I don't live far from the base and did a lot of short intervals driving to different buildings within a couple of miles.
- Highway driving is usually less than 10 minutes a day because there is no need for me to be on there.
- I have a short ram intake that I've been running since 15,000 miles and car currently has 97,000.
- Valve cover gasket is leaking a little bit and I just switched to Valvoline FS w/Max Life 0W-20 because of the bad piston design and seals are probably old by now. (There's a TSB for oil consumption on these vehicles)
So yeah I'm just pretty curious if anyone has ever ran into thi before.