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Date:         Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:38:44 -0600
Reply-To:     Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help!
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Hydrolock? That's a new one to me. What is it and why does it prevent cranking?

Thanks in advance.

Dave in KC 85 Westy

----- Original Message ----- From: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: Re: Help!

> At 07:21 PM 12/29/2001, Finn Runyon wrote: > >Dear list members, > >Turning the key now, starter clicks, belts tighten but engine won't turn > >over. Appears to be seized. An alarming condition upon looking under the > >engine is gas dripping out of one of the joints in the exhaust system, > >left side. Checked for leaks in fuel injection hoses which have recently > >been replaced. no leaks. There were none of the hesitations and bucking > >associated with running out of gas; just a loss of power. Any ideas? > > Classic symptoms of a punctured fuel pressure regulator -- too rich to run, > hydrolock so it won't crank, raw gas in the exhaust system. > > david > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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