Re: Delorean went BOOM

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

For the muffler to explode you had to have filled it with unburned
fuel and then it ignited. I would check to see if the camshaft is
really all right after ruining the rocker arms. Get a micrometer on
it. A missfiring cylinder or the cold start valve staying on would be
my first thoughts. You are correct in that a way off timing problem
could cause this (like having the camshaft way off). To check the
engine for damage I would try a compression test. This will also give
you a hint if the camshaft is way off if you can't get compression on
some cylinders. You may have blown out the exhaust manifold gaskets
and destroyed the O2 sensor and possibly damaged the catalytic
converter. You are lucky no one was hurt. I had a similar experience
but in that case the engine had a burnt exhaust valve and it only blew
the exhaust pipes apart when it backfired.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bepositive2000" <BePositive2000@xxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> It's been a couple long weeks.
> 
> You guys will probably get a BLAST out of this. I did?LITERALLY. 
> 
> I just finished replacing a couple of bad rocker arms on the #4
> cylinder. The oiling holes were plugged and the cam eventually made a
> concave slot in the rocker arms. Cam looked fine.
>