Date:         Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:04:18 -0600
Reply-To:     bhs73@SPYMAC.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Edwards <bhs73@SPYMAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
In-Reply-To:  <D81F33DB4477C8459815E9EE6CF9453036FF18@dcmsmsg02.spectrum-health.org>

In <D81F33DB4477C8459815E9EE6CF9453036FF18@dcmsmsg02.spectrum-health.org>,
on 09/30/04 at 02:50 PM,
   George.Wietor@spectrum-health.org said:

>Soapy water is not flammable. Our Burn care unit is filling up. Choose
>carefully. Geo.

But soapy water does not compress. That is what I am talking about. I
never said to use gasoline :-) If you suck too much water into the
combustion chamber, you will have no crankshaft or connecting rods to
speak of. My inquiry was about how much water might that take, and could
it get into the combustion chamber through a big enough leak? How much is
up for debate, but its just seems kind of risky, since one is looking for
a leak and has no idea how big, or where it is.

Using a carb cleaner in that manner will not send you any new customers,
thank goodness :-)

Mark

>-----Oriremost, I would look for some sort of intake vacuum leak. >>Grab
>an old w!ndex bottle, and fill it with some soapy water and spray around
>>>the airbox, manifolds,etc.. and see if you get a drop in the idle.


>If I do have a vacuum leak, do I really want to suck water into my
>combustion chambers?

>I would think carb cleaner, or similar stuff would be a better choice.
><shrug>

>Mark