Date:         Sat, 3 May 2003 15:47:20 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Loss of power
Comments: To: vanagon@MAIL.SPURGIN.NET
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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
>
>

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