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Old 03-16-2009, 10:14 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Shovel - I don't find that amazing at all...

I ran my Escort GT-T w/ a 12:1 FMU for nearly 50k miles... every time the turbo would spool, it would blow smoke everywhere, make all kinds of noise, stink like crazy, take off like a Steroid freak of a 4 cylinder, and when I finally blew a hole in a piston, took the engine apart, and looked around, the fuel system was completely clean, as were all the parts where fuel would normally touch... !?

Basically, everything except the exhaust manifold was clean... but then again, I changed the oil filter every 2k miles, oil every 6k or as necessary, and only ran 87 Octane gas from American gas stations.

I always just kinda figured I was weird, b/c that's not the only engine I've taken apart that didn't have gunk in it... even after 200k+ miles.
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