Start with the easy stuff ............. sounds like a clogged injector. You guessed it, add 16 oz of Marvel Mystery Oil to the fuel tank and take it out for a good hard run. Stan Wilder On Sat, 3 May 2003 15:27:28 -0500 Dylan Spurgin <vanagon@MAIL.SPURGIN.NET> writes: > LIstees, > > On the way home from camping about 4 hours away last weekend my 81 > lost > power considerably. I believe she is getting spark and fuel because > she > will idle real roughly but will die if I remove any of the 4 plug > wires. The exhaust has a white color to it. I don't have a > compression > tester but I'm thinking it might be a stuck valve or something > similar. > > My problem is I've never done any valve work so I would appreciate > any > thoughts on my situation and any pointers or suggestions anyone > might have. > > I did buy one new fuel injector and replaced all of the old ones one > at a > time with the new one. It ran about the same each time. > > Thanks in advance, > > dylan > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! |
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