Is This Crap Normal?

[WYTSKY]

Hey guys,

Just began putting on my new turbo which is water/oil cooled.

My current turbo is only oil cooled and thus the water lines were blocked.

I took off the pipe that was blocked off to this t piece that sits at top driver's side area of the engine and this is what I found in the t piece....

the one thing to note is that the tube that is completely blocked with crap is the pipe that was blocked off.... don't know if that means anything..

questions:

is this normal assuming the system has not been changed since car was made?

should I be worried?

finally, over the past few months I have noticed that the car is slightly hotter in normal running temp then normal... ie instead of 78-80 it would be 80-81.... but performance was/is still fine..

Thanks,

Adam

[badhairdave]

It's pretty normal to have a bit of shit in the cooling system.

It will tend to accumulate where you have a blocked off line as the water isn't flowing.

Just give it a flush next time you change the coolant.

[WYTSKY]

Thanks mate, in the end I figured that since it was blocked off, crap would go into it and then there would be no flow to continue on and just build up...

thanks.