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Date:         Tue, 2 May 2000 15:36:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Not exactly, was: A rod bender?
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>

Stuart wrote: "I doubt that you bent a rod cranking the engine, but it is possible."

I agree with Stuart, I don't think you bent a rod cranking the engine with gas in the cylinders, but there again, NASA didn't think the Space Shuttle would blow up...

I disagree with Stuart (who may have just been ribbing you when he wrote: "The only way to know without taking the engine apart is that it will break someday while you are driving down the highway, abruptly ending your trip and completely destroying the engine.").

If you bent a rod, you would know it immediately in the way the engine runs. Much rougher. The compression will be much lower on the cylinder (s) with the bent rods.

No bent rods around here,

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Mount Olive, NC USA 877.658.1278 tollfree

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-----Original Message----- From: Stuart MacMillan [SMTP:stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 3:17 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: A rod bender?

I don't exactly understand how gas got into your cylinders. The fuel pressure regulator is connected to the injectors, and cannot directly dump fuel inside the engine. If the part itself split in half gas would flow out on top of the engine. Do a bit more troubleshooting here to find out how the fuel got into the engine.

Injectors should be able to hold the full fuel pump pressure for at least a minute with only a drop or less leaking out, so you might have a leaky injector. I am not as familiar with your later vintage model, if you have a cold start injector that could be leaking also.

I doubt that you bent a rod cranking the engine, but it is possible. The only way to know without taking the engine apart is that it will break someday while you are driving down the highway, abruptly ending your trip and completely destroying the engine. -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244 ext. 8208 Fax: 206-269-6360

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