John Rodgers wrote: > Later, when there was a loud POP, and smoke everywhere, just like > the smoke in Santa Fe, was again and announcement something was > radically wrong. John, I wonder if the loud POP was actually the crankcase vapors (which would contain gasoline from all the blow-by through the bad piston) igniting via the hole in the piston? That would create a huge amount of pressure in the engine from the explosion, and would be pretty likely to blow out the valve cover gasket. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si -- For Sale '86 Volvo 240DL wagon |
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