Interesting. Given the lack of English as a first language (no dissing here) the PO couldn't really describe all of what happened. He's not too mechanically inclined either. Likely his mechanic was doing all the work though. Regardless, this makes sense as a possible scenario. I'll be buying a compression tester (something I could use) so I'll be curious to see what it yields. Last night I thought: "Hey. If this 1.9 WBX is ok, why not just install it in my 81 air cooled instead of a 15 degree install?" Haha. Yah right! Neil.
On 11/15/07, Mark Drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > I think that now we are getting to the real reason that you found so > much fuel in the engine block. Indirectly caused by the leaky diaphragm > of the pressure regulator, which led to a buildup of fuel in the intake > that ignited inside that one runner and damaged that injector tip such > that it would constantly spray fuel, flooding the engine internally from > then on. > > Mark > > neil N wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > Anyone know what would have caused this? > > > > http://musomuso.googlepages.com/fuelinjectorburnedtip > > > > It looks burned/melted. > > > > Came off a 1.9 WBX that had lots of gas/oil in crankcase. Failed fuel > > pressure regulator. Likely the FI shown failed too. > > > > TIA for helping me further my Vanagon education! > > > > > > Neil. > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - > > "Jaco" (Bustorius) > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > >
-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) |
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