Thanks to all for the injector cleaning help

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

That might have been me...  

  When I lived in Cali., a fella I knew operated a sniffer station, and so he 
had to do involved work on emissions equipment, which included vacuum leaks...

  What he did was to use a 'Bernz-o-matic' torch, and a long piece of clear 
plastic hose...  Attatched the hose to the torch, and had the torch -just- 
cracked open, and about 10-15 foot away from the vehicle...  -IF- there is a 
fire, the clear hose will melt and lessen the chances of getting a flash all 
the way to the torch.  He said it was the most effective thing he had found to 
find leaks:  Carb cleaner can cool the intake which can increase air density 
and therefore increase the idle with none of it actually burning...

  Don's right, I have not had to use this yet.  However, when it comes to 
setting the knob on the torch, I would take the hose over to the intake 
snorkel and see how much of an increase in throttle there is when the engine 
gets a full whiff of the gas, and adjust accordingly...

HTH

David Utley

Quoting Don Walter <dswalterwi@earthlink.net>:

> Someone else had a suggestion on locating vacum leaks, I think it was
> propane?  But they never said how they used it.  Maybe they'll chime in.
> Don
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Kellner <rfkellner@snet.net>
> Sent: Apr 4, 2004 11:58 AM
> To: 'Scirocco-l' <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: RE: Thanks to all for the injector cleaning help
> 
> I don't know if you have checked for vacuum leaks yet, it seems as if
> you have done just about everything else so you might want to try one
> more thing.  It also doesn't' sound like a vacuum leak however; you
> never know.
> When I look for vacuum leaks, I spray the area around the TB, boot and
> hoses with a small amount of starting fluid.  If the idle goes up, you
> have a leak.
> Rick K.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of calimus
> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:59 PM
> To: Scirocco-l
> Subject: Thanks to all for the injector cleaning help
> 
> Just wanted to thank everyone for their responces.  I ened up just
> soaking
> them in injector cleaner for about 4 hours, shaking them up every hour.
> The
> color of the cleaner when done could only be described as YUCK.  Slapped
> on
> some new O-rings and shoved them in the car.  It didn't solve the miss
> issue
> that I have, but the car does have more power.  I'm starting to wonder
> now
> if the dizzy has a problem since I've now replaced, plugs, wires, cap,
> rotor, coil and injectors.  Kinda running out of options so I think I'm
> down
> to the ECU, ICM and the dizzy.  ICM should be fine as I'm not getting
> any
> starting problems, hit the key, fires up, just won't stay running
> without
> keeping your foot on the gas for a few min.
> 
> So, the mystery continues, I'll figure it out eventually.  But anyway,
> thanks again to all that responded.
> 
> William Snyder
> 
> 88' Scirocco 16v
> 89' Cabriolet 8v
> 71' Karmann Ghia
> 
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> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
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> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
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