[DoMeister]

Hi all, first post!

I’m an avid reader of this great forum, now I’m jumping in…

I’m starting an engine rebuild project on a 911 SC 1982 targa. Engine is up on the stand and I’m in the teardown process. First thing I came across today was when I took the air hoses off the back of the airbox I noticed some petrol lying in the houses. Moving on to the auxiliary air regulator, when I remove that and turned it upsidedown a good half a cup of petrol poured out of it!

Two questions I guess, the first question is will I be able to use it again, I see there is a electrical connection, with all of this petrol inside the regulator is it now damaged beyond repair?

Second question, what should I be looking out for as the root cause for this? I noticed when removing the air hose to the right of the airbox where the connector is red into the hose at the flap connection, the airbox above this is badly damaged. I will need to replace the airbox and suspect that was the root cause of the problem but honestly not sure.

Thanks everyone for your input
Dom