Date:         Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:34:12 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: driving w/ bad valve, was Death Valley
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2007012315110401@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Pulling the spark plug would help; it would keep the pressure down, but
there are many scenarios that would render the motor inoperable.

On 1/23/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> At  1/23/2007 11:50 AM, Greg Potts wrote:
> >Hi Geza,
> >
> >What would I do?? Drive it, of course. I'd just go a goodly bit
> >slower, is all.
> >
> >
> >On 23-Jan-07, at 2:01 PM, Geza Polony wrote:
> >
> >>Seriously, what WOULD you do in Thorndike with a bad valve? Can you
> >>imagine
> >>the towing charges to get Westy to the nearest Vanagon mechanic?
>
> Would disconnecting the fuel injector to the bad cyl be enough?
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>



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Jake
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