[V8] Sad day

[george.fallot at verizon.net]

      I am talking about the rubber hose at the regulator.
Maybe I had another problem with the regulator
that put gas in this hose, I didn"t think of that.
      I guess I could read the codes at the diagnostic
connector, I am used to reading the lights.
      Perhaps I have done too many things too quickly
in an effort to get the car running and not enough thought.
 Thanks,George
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "urq" <urq at pacbell.net>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Sad day


> ... sorry to hear about the problem George ... perhaps we should all take
a
> minute to check this on all our cars ... When you say the hose on the
> pressure regulator, you are talking about the braided return line,
correct?
> The regular rubber hose that goes to the manifold shouldn't have anything
> but air in it ...
>
> One thing you may want to consider is replacing the engine wiring loom
> wholesale ... it is fairly easy to pull an intact loom from the Kostal
> connectors ... You probably know this already, but it all bundles down
> pretty tightly at the back of the engine near the firewall, but when I did
> the engine swap on #2 it wasn't too difficult to do.  A new loom
guarantees
> that you don't have any issues with melted wires and short circuits ...
>
> I guess I'm a bit puzzled about why you can't read codes ... even
California
> cars can light the light at the diagnostic connectors ...
>
> Steve B
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of
> george.fallot at verizon.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:51 PM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] Sad day
>
>     This morning I had a fire in the engine compartment
> of my 1990 V8. The hose on the pressure regulator
> split and sprayed gas on the exhaust manifold.
>       Luckily I was close to my house and was able to put
> out the fire with an extingusher that I had in my garage,even
> before the paint on the hood was damaged.
>       I quickly cleaned up the engine and I repaired the hose.
> I had to cut open most of the wiring harnesses on top of the
> engine and replace some of the wires.The plug wires were burnt
>  as well.
>        I repaired what I could, put on the old set of plug wires
> and tried to start it. I have no spark and the idiot lights don't
> go on when I turn the key.All fuses are OK, anyone know what
> else could effect these lights? It's a California car(now on long island)
> and I can't pull the codes without the check engine light.
>        The 3 wires to the right side distributor were completely
> burnt along with thr connector, I'm not sure which wire goes where.
> I think the black/brown wire goes towards the passenger side,the
> black/purple wire goes in the middle and the black wire goes toward
>  the drivers side.Does anyone know if this is right? Anyone have a
> spare connector for sale?
>         I also have a small burnt spot on the motronic box on top of
> the intake monifold, but I'm not sure if this would effect starting.
> The wires going to the temp sensor were  burnt also,I had a spare
> connector and I have repaired it.If the sensor were damaged I think
> it would still start, but throw out a code,right?The connectors for
> the 2 knock sensors are also burnt, but seem to still make connection.
>        I would appreciate any advice anyone has as I'm not ready
> to let this car go.
>     Thanks,George
>
>
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