Flushing brake lines
08-15-2005, 12:31 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
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> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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....
> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
08-15-2005, 12:31 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
....
> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
....
> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
08-15-2005, 12:31 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
"Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
....
> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
....
> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
> > What was the cause of that?
> >
> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
> 9-year old engine.
>
Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
black bits could be anything.
Earle
08-15-2005, 12:35 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
The bits came from the brakes, the throttle body & plate was covered in
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
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> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
08-15-2005, 12:35 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
The bits came from the brakes, the throttle body & plate was covered in
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
08-15-2005, 12:35 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
The bits came from the brakes, the throttle body & plate was covered in
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1124080036.3d16ccc35fd14d7250349da562adfc50@t eranews...
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1124080036.3d16ccc35fd14d7250349da562adfc50@t eranews...
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
08-15-2005, 12:35 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
The bits came from the brakes, the throttle body & plate was covered in
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1124080036.3d16ccc35fd14d7250349da562adfc50@t eranews...
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
carbon or soot. It came out with several dousing of GumOut and an old
toothbrush.
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1124080036.3d16ccc35fd14d7250349da562adfc50@t eranews...
> "Matt Macchiarolo" <matt@nospamplease.com> wrote in message
> news:woOdnaju9_XAj53eRVn-tw@comcast.com...
>>
>> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
>> news:3783d$43000560$42a1cc8c$8984@FUSE.NET...
> ...
>> > On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we
>> > found the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot.
>> > What was the cause of that?
>> >
>> Side effects of the crankcase vent system, probably...not unheard of on a
>> 9-year old engine.
>>
> Possibly, but as a physics major who refused to take the fluid dynamics
> class, and therefore skipped an opportunity to get an engineering minor, I
> can tell you that air flow in that area is terribly complicated, and those
> black bits could be anything.
>
> Earle
>
>
08-15-2005, 01:12 AM
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Re: Flushing brake lines
That's caused by an incomplete fuel burn barking back from the
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
08-15-2005, 01:12 AM
#19
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Re: Flushing brake lines
That's caused by an incomplete fuel burn barking back from the
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
08-15-2005, 01:12 AM
#20
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Re: Flushing brake lines
That's caused by an incomplete fuel burn barking back from the
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat
exhaust through open cross flow valves into the intake manifold. Bad
spark plus.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Billy Ray wrote:
>
> My neighbor and I flushed the brakes on his '96 XJ and My '02 WJ this
> afternoon.
>
> In both our Jeeps when the lines were flushed clean we found small black
> floaters in the drained fluid.
>
> On another note when we replaced the air filter in Ed's 4 liter XJ we found
> the inside of the throttle body to be caked with carbon or soot. What was
> the cause of that?
>
> --
> Billy_Ray@SPAM.fuse.net (remove SPAM)
> 2002 Jeep WJ 4 Liter Automatic
> Brilliant Black Crystal Pearl Coat