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crazypete · 09-22-2002, 12:18 PM

I know this is a stupid question: the answer is none, but here is the situation:

I was taking off the lower intake and, amongst other things, I found walnut shells, leaves, sand, that nice engine gunk and a lollipop stem sitting on my lower intake. So I scooped then brushed then used a vacuum cleaner then compressed air but when I finally pulled the intake, some sand trapped between the cylinder heads and the intake fell onto the rollers and a bit into the intake ports. I wiped and vacuumed 98% of this up. Should I be overly concerned about a few wayward grains of sand? Will the engine grind them up or it it going to seize immediatley?

09-22-2002, 12:18 PM	#1
crazypete Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 592	How much sand can an engine apbsorb? I know this is a stupid question: the answer is none, but here is the situation: I was taking off the lower intake and, amongst other things, I found walnut shells, leaves, sand, that nice engine gunk and a lollipop stem sitting on my lower intake. So I scooped then brushed then used a vacuum cleaner then compressed air but when I finally pulled the intake, some sand trapped between the cylinder heads and the intake fell onto the rollers and a bit into the intake ports. I wiped and vacuumed 98% of this up. Should I be overly concerned about a few wayward grains of sand? Will the engine grind them up or it it going to seize immediatley?