Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:32:16 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Resurrecting an 88 GL
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I've been working on getting my #2 88 GL running and back on the road.
It was stored for 10 years and it's been fun getting things working again.
The latest:
I just installed a new set of fuel lines in the engine compartment.
While doing that I bumped the coolant line from the right head to the
coolant ring that goes around the engine compartment. It snapped like a
glass rod. That hose is a very small diameter - like a quarter inch or
so - and it was so brittle it just popped. So taking the hint - I
replaced all the smaller coolant hoses and inspected the larger ones.
The big ones are OK for the moment, but all the small ones were brittle
and rotten. The fuel lines were all hard as rock. When they are like
that, they break real easy, so they all went to the trash. The old
original hoses were all passed through on the engine so they rested on
the engine block, and were almost invisible. There was no way to
periodically inspect them. I didn't like that situation at all so I
rerouted the new hoses over the top so they could easily be inspected
periodically. Now it's ready for a test start. I replaced the stub
hoses between the injectors and the fuel rails, put in new bushing and
grommets, and buttoned it up. Turned the engine by hand several times,
then checked coolant and oil - and fired it up...not! No fire. Grind,
grind, grind - no start. Checked plugs, go lots of spark. Gave it a
short snort of starting either - sputtered two or three times. Pulled
hose off the "T" in the fuels line and hit the start switch - clean fuel
poured. Got fuel back there, got spark, sputters on ether, but no actual
start. It's got to be the injectors. Pulled injectors but left
connected. Did a test spray pattern - not. There was no spray pattern.
Fuel not getting through. Meaning the internal parts of the injector
probably seized by varnish from the gasoline sitting for 10 years.
Injectors are now packed for shipment to CruzinPerformance for
refurbishing. End of current story.
This is gonna be fun!!!
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John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
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