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Date:         Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:07:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: [T2] FIRE!! How did it happen?  How to fix?
Comments: To: Andrew Burczyk <Andrew.Burczyk@shaw.ca>, type2@type2.com
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I think I'll pressurize the system tomorrow or the next day before removing any components and see if I spot a leak. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young Lafayette, CA 94549 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Burczyk" <Andrew.Burczyk@shaw.ca> To: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@comcast.net>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; <type2@type2.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [T2] FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?

> Tom > > I would guess that you developed a very small hailine crack in the plastic > on the cold start valve. I've seen a few with little "craze" marks in the > moulding. I think the leak was small since not much burned but at 20 psi > it can't help but spray out getting the distributor area. If a fuel line > had ruptured i think that you would have a had a couple of litres spilled > before you could do anything and the engine would be slag now.


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