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Old 08-04-2011, 04:11 AM   #17 (permalink)
Tygen1
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Oil Pan, we are only use these lean conditions under light loads. In your case, you were accelerating under heavy loads while lean, that's why you burned valves.
At some point, I would like to put a EGT gauge in my car to confirm a drop in combustion tempature.
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