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Date:         Sun, 3 Mar 1996 17:39:33 -0500 (EST)
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From:         "Miller - James W." <jwmiller@umd5.umd.edu>
Subject:      re: '82 Diesel Smoke

Hey Duds,

I thought the burp of smoke was normal when doing a cold start? If it clears up, what's the harm? Just wondering!

An ignorant non mechanic

On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 sw@smus.bc.ca wrote:

> Anybody got quick n' easy way to test for a bad injector > on an '82 Oil Burner? On a cold start Jake (The Oil > Burner) lets out a large cloud of blue smoke and runs > rough. After running a few minutes it clears up and > warm he runs fine. I suspect a faulty injector, > however, I don't have the special VW tool that Bentley > recommends for testing. > > Chris P. > > ************ > Try loosening one fuel line at a time at the injector - if you can > loosen one of them with no difference in the idle, then that injector > is bad. > Note: You will only need to loosen enough to release the fuel ressure > - don't loosen too much! > > Shawn. > > ============================== > Shawn Wright, sw@smus.bc.ca > '85 Jetta TD, 341k (Jenni) > '88 Westy, 322k (Kyra) > ============================== >


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