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Subject:Re: Cyl 1 and 3 not getting gas.
From:Daniel Brideau
Date:Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:55:09 -0400

Mark,

I'm pretty sure your injectors are separated from the mayhem of combustion
and flying debris by the valves.  When the injectors are exposed to that
violent area, there should be a pretty good breeze sucking debris away.

I don't know a lot about the Vanagon fuel injection, but I think there are
two electrical connections shared by the four injectors.

A bad wire makes more sense to me than floating nastiness.

Dan Brideau
1985 Westfalia

> I think I have pretty well figured out the problem.
>
> I went ahead and pulled the drivers side injector assm. out and checked
> for spray pattern.
>
> 4 got good spray, 3 nothing !
>
> I didn't bother to pull 1 & 2 because another little light went off in my
> head. Why aren't 3 and most likly 1 not squirting gas ?
>
> Because when I pulled the old motor that had the leaking heads, #1 had
> ALOT of coolant and debris and nastyness floating around in it, likewise
> 3 !!!  The cylinderr liners where "Welded" to the heads.
>
> Needless to say, I think this would gunk up these particular injectors
> pretty well.