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Date:         Wed, 15 Oct 2014 11:03:16 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dead Cylinder -91 Carat - 2.1 L WBX
In-Reply-To:  <CAB2Rwfgs17HadnENCqUTkrs8ns8_Ch==HW_zPKU+bfoXL_6Z8w@mail.gmail.com>
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How about it being the actual mechanisim, the motor itself? Faulty valve, cylinder leak, etc?

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've tried Jim's suggestion. It works well. > > With 25 miles on a used serviced injector, maybe the issue went > unnoticed at that time? > Maybe it was poorly serviced? And regardless of occasional starts, > over 5 years fuel pressure obviously leaks down. I don't know enough > of injector construction but would guess that the moving parts inside > could dry out, gum up and stop moving. > > Back flush injectors? > > On 10/15/14, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > .....The injector pulse > > is good so I suspect a bad injector, plugged or partially so. Yet there > is > > only about 25 miles -but about 5 years of sitting idle and never running > > since the injectors were serviced just before it was parked. > > > > Would anyone else think "bad injector" as well? > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> >


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