PHATFC3S

whats up all.. i was taking the tb off the uim and when i did, that lil black spacer was still stuck to it. well when i pulled it off all kinds of oil just poured out everywhere. and i was wondering if there was supposed to be oil in there or what kind of problem im lookin at here

swoop

No that's not normal.

Look at everything in front of the throttle body. You've got an intercooler, turbo and AFM. The only thing that uses oil is the turbo. You need a turbo rebuild.

PHATFC3S

the phunny thing is.....i have a non-turbo GTUs

HAILERS

A possible Purge Valve *problem*. The Purge Valve dumps the fumes (gas and oil fumes)......in the throttle body. See recent threads about the Purge Valve and the pictures that go with them.

PHATFC3S

could it be anything other than the purge control valve ??? i just pulled the tb's off my other 2 7's and it just so happens that both of them too had oil in them when i took the black plastic spacer off them.

Davidov

iTrader: (2)

My 87 Turbo II had a coat of black gunk build-up on the inside of the UIM.
I had no visible oil though.

PHATFC3S

yea ive had a few people tell me that.... but for some reson mine has actual oil pouring out of them

Kenteth

ditto-- mine had *some* oil when i removed the spacer. I took it as being from the oil/crankcase purge. But... i know numerous times that the intake had been gunked. Once by me putting atf in the nearest vac tube (which was on the TB) and a second putting water down the same vac tube.

asherwood

There was some oil behind the black spacer on my 1991 as well....


Not so uncommon as was suggested.