VANAGON archives -- June 2000, week 3 (#291)

Date:         Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:50:55 -0400
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@ReliTech.com>
Subject:      FW: help! loss of cylinder quests
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Fall [SMTP:cpfall@ucdavis.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 8:50 PM
> To:   vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject:      help! loss of cylinder quests
>
> well, I tried the fuel injection wiring and things seem to be fine
>
> spark seems to be fine
>
> (recap - lost power, found cylinder #2 not firing - 83.5 1.9 WBX))
>
> is it possible that a malfunctioning hydraulic lifer could be the culprit?
>
> I get hella tapping noise on start. That also happened before the power
> loss
> but went away after 1 hr of driving.
>
> also, my oil consumption seems to have gone from bad (500mi/qt) to worse.
> might not be related
>
>
> any thoughts?

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