I think I'll pressurize the system tomorrow or the next day before removing
any components and see if I spot a leak.
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Tom Young
Lafayette, CA 94549
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Burczyk" <Andrew.Burczyk@shaw.ca>
To: "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@comcast.net>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>;
<type2@type2.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [T2] FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?

> Tom
>
> I would guess that you developed a very small hailine crack in the plastic
> on the cold start valve.  I've seen a few with little "craze" marks in the
> moulding.  I think the leak was small since not much burned but at 20 psi
> it can't help but spray out getting the distributor area.  If a fuel line
> had ruptured i think that you would have a had a couple of litres spilled
> before you could do anything and the engine would be slag now.