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10-20-2015, 05:52 PM
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Alien object in intake port
The 250 in my 68 K10 always had a random misfire at lower rpm's. It would come and go...
Today I'm preparing to pull the engine for a 292 replacement so I remove the intake and found this inside...The hammered closed end was towards the valve and the port floor was clean from the tube knocking around.... 
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10-21-2015, 01:05 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
Would that be part of a valve stem?
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10-21-2015, 03:58 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
I had a similar situation with my '65 Belair and its 230. I had changed the head and intake together(long story) anyway about 6 months latter when I removed the intake to install new gaskets I found one of the carb nuts sitting beside the no. 4 intake valve. Surprisingly no damage or problems were caused by it.
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10-21-2015, 06:44 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
"Why, that's a nick knack Patty Black. Give the frog a loan".
Serious though, it kinda looks like it could have started life as a tube under the air filter that got dislodged and your motor ate it.
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10-21-2015, 08:21 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
That is an anti-carbonator. Keeps deposits from forming on the back of the intake valve.
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10-21-2015, 08:23 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
Kinda looks like a piece of metal fuel line.
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10-22-2015, 06:22 AM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
I was told it's the PVC extension pipe....A short length of tubing that extends into the intake manifold and curves away from the 3-4 intake port...Supposedly the PCV could cause the enter cylinders to run lean...
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10-22-2015, 09:34 AM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
2 summers ago I had to replace the intake gaskets on my 98 gmc. got the manifold off and there was a stick about the same size and length just laying in the lifter valley! I am the second owner of the truck and was friends with the previous owner. he never had the manifold off. must have came from the factory in there!
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10-22-2015, 04:13 PM
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Re: Alien object in intake port
I agree. There is a short tube like that inside the center intake port. It draws vacuum from under the carb instead of from the 3-4 intake runner. It would cause a rough idle without it.
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