Lets solve this six port problem for good!
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Originally posted by BhamBill
No - It won't. The ATF will only go into the rotor housings. The sleeves are outside the housings in the ports.
No - It won't. The ATF will only go into the rotor housings. The sleeves are outside the housings in the ports.
Great posts here, this is good reading. . .
You can try removing the actuators themselves and exercising them by hand while spraying WD-40. But this wont help the sleeves themselves, only if the mechanism which operatest them is stuck.
The thing that I wonder is, just because you can turn the actuators by hand, this DOES NOT necessarily mean they are working. Reason being, the rod that goes between the actuator and the sleeve is a spring. So, unless you have a properly working set to compare them to, you might just be turning the acuator arm and twisting the spring, while the sleeve remains stuck in place. I wonder about this sometimes even after I cleaned the whole assembly.
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Very simple to find out if the actuator is really turning the port...Have it at idle, then turn the actuator or rod-You will know when the port opens by the sound of the idle, and the motor will shake slightly from side to side. Once you release it, the motor will come back up and stop shaking.
The one thing I would look out for when cleaning the ports is to make sure that the housing is clean also; Dont just wipe off the sleeve and consider the job done. I made sure they turned buttery smooth in their bore before I put it all back together. Simply cleaning the sleeve, putting it in & turning it, pulling it out, cleaning it..[repeat] is a sure fire way to make sure all the carbon is out. Carb cleaner is your friend.
I really hope the participants of this thread and the readers have gained some knowledge of the auxiliary port system, and will now venture out to the garage to become better acquainted with
the system that will get you back upto stock performance levels that some have never felt. I know the difference between working aux ports and non working, and it is like night and day.
Superslinc-I feel your pain. I did a complete auxiliary port cleaning about a year ago, and recently found one port that decided to lock up for no apparent reason. The other port can be pushed with your pinky, this port wont move unless you really get some force on it. Im wondering what happened my self, I just need the time to dig in and clean it up AGAIN. But if your idle changes when the port is "opened" then you can be sure they work, to some degree.
Good luck, please keep the questions coming...
The one thing I would look out for when cleaning the ports is to make sure that the housing is clean also; Dont just wipe off the sleeve and consider the job done. I made sure they turned buttery smooth in their bore before I put it all back together. Simply cleaning the sleeve, putting it in & turning it, pulling it out, cleaning it..[repeat] is a sure fire way to make sure all the carbon is out. Carb cleaner is your friend.
I really hope the participants of this thread and the readers have gained some knowledge of the auxiliary port system, and will now venture out to the garage to become better acquainted with
the system that will get you back upto stock performance levels that some have never felt. I know the difference between working aux ports and non working, and it is like night and day.
Superslinc-I feel your pain. I did a complete auxiliary port cleaning about a year ago, and recently found one port that decided to lock up for no apparent reason. The other port can be pushed with your pinky, this port wont move unless you really get some force on it. Im wondering what happened my self, I just need the time to dig in and clean it up AGAIN. But if your idle changes when the port is "opened" then you can be sure they work, to some degree.
Good luck, please keep the questions coming...
