Date:         Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:41:36 -0500
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From:         LAWS HOME <backintime@TRITON.NET>
Subject:      No smoke, was BIG trouble
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Thank -you to all who responded to my stuck heat shield problem. I ended up
chiseling it out with a small cold chisel. I cracked it and moved over a bit
and took a small "pie shaped " chunk out and then slipped a modified
surgical towel clamp under and pried it out. I removed all the broken pieces
and put it back together. It starts up much better and does not smoke like
it did before! BTW when a manual says to test or rebuild your injectors
every 60k miles, don't leave them in there for 170k before you look at them!
I talked to the P.O. of this rabbit and he confirmed my guess. These were
the originals, he had owned the car since it was new, I have had it for
about 20k miles. I thought I was "ahead" of the maint. program, little did I
know I was actually "catching up" !  Thanks again! Tom