Wow! One mistake gets someone branded as "incompetent". I guess it's time
for that guy to go back to school & learn to flip burgers or be a walmart
greeter eh?

Where I come from the only people who never make mistakes are God and
people who don't do anything... I really don't know if I'm comfortable
hanging out on-line with all these perfect people.

I have an idea! Do the work yourself?

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com
another one of those incompetent people stumbling through life hoping for
the best.

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Exactly my point. I am tired of incompetent beings. I have many stories of
> this experience of the last year which will not change anything. Onto
> another chapter.
>
> Laters
>
> Dennis Jowell
> Scotch Hollow Farm
> Newbury, Vermont
>
>
> > On May 19, 2015, at 10:16 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ---- Dennis Jowell <dennisjowell@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >> Decided to change spark plugs on my new GOWESTY engine and found out
> that #1 cylinder spark plug was loose. The compression washer on the plug
> was not compressed and was on an angle with dirt between the washer and
> plug. Could this have caused my backfire issue?
> >> Plugs where installed by the mechanic who installed the engine.
> Disappointing !
> >> I also changed the distrib cap and rotor.
> >
> > I would be paying a visit to that mechanic.  Disappointing?  Truly so.
> I would also be concerned about other mistakes the incompetent mechanic
> made.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> >>> Right, but it saves time to first learn if there is a fuel system
> problem at all.  If there is, then you can pinch off the fuel hose to the
> left injector bank and determine which side is leaking, and pinch off the
> pressure regulator vacuum hose to test it.  I hate taking things apart
> unnecessarily!
> >>>
> >>> Stuart
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of Larry Alofs
> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 10:10 AM
> >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>> Subject: Re: Start up,back fire?
> >>>
> >>> It seems to me that if the fuel pressure leaks down too quickly, the
> cause could be an injector, the fuel pressure regulator, or the fuel pump.
> The first case is more serious than the last two.  You need a way to tell
> which it is.
> >>>
> >>> Larry A.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Stuart MacMillan <
> stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Easiest way to do the fuel leak down test is with a fuel pressure
> gauge.
> >>>> Bentley says system should hold pressure (30 psi or so) for several
> >>>> minutes after shutdown.  If your gauge comes with an open hose
> >>>> adapter, slip it over the fuel tap near the distributor, and use a
> >>>> clamp.  Otherwise cut it and splice it with a brass barbed coupling
> >>>> for other cars. Get the type that drains any residual gas out a
> >>>> separate line. Instructions here, including safety procedures:
> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsqBJxKj1KQ
> >>>>
> >>>> Do it soon, backfires are hard on the AFM. I've used mine many times
> >>>> over the past 40 years to diagnose fuel system problems.
> >>>>
> >>>> Stuart
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> >>>> Behalf Of Dennis Jowell
> >>>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 3:19 AM
> >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>>> Subject: Start up,back fire?
> >>>>
> >>>> Question on why do I sometimes get a backfire from my 2.2 GOWESTY WBX.
> >>>> yesterday I drove the 88 gl Westy an 1.5 hr pulled over to check my
> >>>> GPS, shut the engine off. Then 2 minutes later started it and "bang"
> >>>> it backfired, it did start. Shut it down and tried again same thing.
> >>>> Drove home it didn't occur again. Any thoughts of what is going on?
> >>>> The new  Engine has about 5000 miles on it. Maybe to many mice running
> >>>> around in there.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dennis Jowell
> >>>> Scotch Hollow Farm
> >>>> Newbury, Vermont
> >>>>
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
> >
>