Hi all,
I popped the hood today because my breather cap grommet finally arrived and to put in a baffled pcv grommet.
I noticed yesterday it started stumbling off the line. Today, when I pop the hood, lo and behold the breather cap and gromit are gone. No wonder I was having stumbling issues.
So, afraid that the grommet dropped into the valve cover I pulled it off to see if there were pieces of rubber everywhere. Luckily they were not, but I did find the ring to the cap to a bottle of oil kicking around.
So, now that I have the valve cover off (turns out the PCV is baffled in this valve cover, yay) I noticed everything is red. I assume that's oxidized iron. in the middle around Pistons 3 and 4 there's some Gunk buildup around the valve springs, I suppose I should clean that off. any suggestions how's the best way to do that? Should I just flush with acetone?
Also, now that I have the valve cover off, is there anything I should be doing /checking / looking at?
For those who love pictures, there's a few in attachment.
Thanks!
I popped the hood today because my breather cap grommet finally arrived and to put in a baffled pcv grommet.
I noticed yesterday it started stumbling off the line. Today, when I pop the hood, lo and behold the breather cap and gromit are gone. No wonder I was having stumbling issues.
So, afraid that the grommet dropped into the valve cover I pulled it off to see if there were pieces of rubber everywhere. Luckily they were not, but I did find the ring to the cap to a bottle of oil kicking around.
So, now that I have the valve cover off (turns out the PCV is baffled in this valve cover, yay) I noticed everything is red. I assume that's oxidized iron. in the middle around Pistons 3 and 4 there's some Gunk buildup around the valve springs, I suppose I should clean that off. any suggestions how's the best way to do that? Should I just flush with acetone?
Also, now that I have the valve cover off, is there anything I should be doing /checking / looking at?
For those who love pictures, there's a few in attachment.
Thanks!