Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 13:47:44 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Start up,back fire?
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Hmmm..... . The reason I don't do the work myself is my incompetence. I have made too many mistakes to consider my work to be reliable. When I PAY someone to do the work, I expect it to be done right, that's why I pay them.
mcneely
---- Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
--
David McNeely
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