Re: Engine Problems

[srubano@xxxx]

You will cuase permanent damage to ANY car that has a "gas wash 
cylinder" problem. When to much fuel gets dumped into the cylinder 
before it has a chance to fire it, it's washing away the protective 
layer of oil that is in the cylinder. By doing this you now have the 
piston rings scraping against the cylinder wall and you will cause 
scoring of the cylinder. This will result in the loss of compression 
in that cylinder, burning oil, ect.. The only fix for that is to get 
the cylinder honed or replace the cylinder sleeve itself. I have 
worked on a few engines that had had a faulty fuel injector that kept 
putting fuel into the cylinder. The end result was not pretty at all. 
If only one or two plugs do get gas fouled, the engine is still going 
to run, just very rough and you'll have a bigger problem since now 
there is going to be fuel dumped into those cylinders that aren't 
firing to burn it off.

Steve

<SNIP>
then yes you have a gas feed problem but the cold start 
> can wash the cylinders but most likley it will gas foul the plugs 
and 
> won't start or quit running. The accumulator that holds the 
pressure 
> on the gas lines could be the culprit at this point. 
> John Hervey
> www.specialTauto.com