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Subject:Re: Back to Texas but only running on 3
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:38:05 -0600

The instructions are in Hayes, Muir and your Bettley door stop book.
BE sure that you ground your coil wire to the engine ............ a spark
can cause a fire during the testing procedure.

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:14:36 -0600 Dylan Spurgin
<vanagon@MAIL.SPURGIN.NET> writes:
> "Pull and test the injectors."
>
> Anyone got a HOW-TO?  Do the wires sticking out of the top of each
> injector
> just pull off?
>
> ds
>
> At 11:44 PM 2/20/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >When I have a definite mechanical like that, I think it best to get
> tight
> >to it. Not good to run it when something is not right. Can cause
> damage.
> >Pull and test the injectors. No messing around.
> >
> >John Rodgers
> >88 GL Driver
> >
> >Dylan Spurgin wrote:
> >>Thanks again to all who helped get me running again this week when
> my van
> >>wouldn't start in Denver.
> >>I'm back to Texas and she ran great the whole way.  After sitting
> about
> >>10 or 12 hours today she is now only running on 3 cylinders.  The
> >>driver's side back cylinder is not running.  The plug is sparking
> and new
> >>and there is compression although I don't actually have a tool to
> test it
> >>by.  The plug doesn't seem wet even after it's been running.  The
> other
> >>cylinder on that side definitely gets gas and runs.
> >>I'm thinking it could be a fuel injector.  Should I just put some
> B12 in
> >>the gas tank and drive around for a bit to see if it clears up?
> >>TIA,
> >>dylan
> >
>
>

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