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- From: tacchi@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Mark G. Tacchi)
- Subject: Re: The FIRE breathing bug! Help!
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- References: <1993Jan21.014036.62968@cc.usu.edu> <1993Jan21.204631.21777@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:37:19 GMT
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- In <1993Jan21.204631.21777@newsgate.sps.mot.com> mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan21.014036.62968@cc.usu.edu>, slhmz@cc.usu.edu writes:
- >|>
- >|> The engine starts some of the time (not most of the time...), but when
- >|> it does, it has absolutely NO compression and blows flames (yes, actual
- >|> true to life fire) out the right tailpipe.
- >|>
- >|> The owner (soon to be previous owner) says that it is a ring problem.
- >|> But wouldn't bad rings just burn lots of oil?
- >|>
- >|> I think it is a really bad valve problem. What would cause a bug to
- >|> spit fire?
- >|>
- >|> Is it worth fixing? With all my VW engine probs, I've never come
- >|> across a fire breathing bug! Help!
-
- >Sounds like a burnt exhaust valve to me (especially with the low compression).
- >Even with bad rings, you will have some compression. I had an exhaust valve
- >burn real bad on my '58; and one morning it just quit starting and backfired
- >a lot. I didn't check to see if it was spitting fire.
-
- >This should be fairly easy to fix with a pair of rebuilt heads. You may
- >even be able to do it with the engine still in the car if you don't mind
- >completely dimantling the alternator/fan/carbureator on top firststart by
- >removing the alternator (and its stand) and then the fan shroud and
- >carb/manifold.
-
-
- It could possibly be a faulty distributor. Check this before doing anything
- severe. I hope this is the answer because the alternatives are time consuming.
-
- -Mark
-
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