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Originally Posted by 98ACR
Ok, first off I'm leaking a lot of some sort of oil! The only fluid that's continuously low is oil, of which I have to add ~1qt every 700 miles or so. But when I rack the car most of the oil droplets on the bottom of the car are red. Today I removed the access plate to the TC and it had quite a bit of oil in there...however not enough to accound for 1 qt every 700 miles. For that kind of oil loss, I'd expect there to literally be oil pouring out of that access plate. And the trans seems to be not loosing much oil...if any. It's always full on the dipstick.
you havent said how many miles on your car, but its obvious that if its not leaking, its being burned. either the most common place which is through the valve seals/guides, or around a ring/piston or two.
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Second issue: My intake is getting VERY heavy carbon build-up. Yesterday I scraped literally 1/8" of carbon off of my throttle plate. Today I checked it again, and it's got carbon build-up on it again already. What could be causing such heavy build-up?
the previously mentioned burning of oil.
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Lastly, My car is idling funny. With the A/C on, the car in "D" and my foot on the brake, the car feels like it's literally going to shake itself appart. Under these conditions the idle dropps to like 500 rpm. Even with the A/C off, it shakes quite a bit. Since cleaning out the TB, it seems to idle better, but it's still not like it was about 2 years ago when I drove this car as my DD (before my Neon days)
clean your throttle body