On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> Have an exhaust gas test kit and then use it to test the coolant for > exhaust gases. If you detect exhaust gas in the coolant then shut down > the van. Now you want to unplug one spark plugs and do the test again. > Do this for each cylinder in turn. The cylinder or cylinders that, when > you unplug them, you get no exhaust gases in the coolant with your > tester are the offending cylinders.
That's cool. I didn't know that kind of thing existed. Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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