[V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.

[Seamus O'Carey]

#8 and #9 both look like they've been at the bottom of the ocean. None of
the other fuel line connectors look so bad though.
http://www.vagcat.com/p/B090/018000.png

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Seamus O'Carey
<cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have an update. Out of frustration I *may* have overreacted. Before
> giving up and thinking about parting it out I probably should have checked
> a few more things...such as the air filter...which is a K&N that looks like
> it was installed in 1990 and never cleaned since then. We started the car
> with the filter removed and noticed and immediate improvement.
> Unfortunately the next thing we noticed was fuel pouring onto the intake
> manifold. It turns out that both of the braided fuel lines that go across
> the back of the motor (right in front of the air filter housing) have
> completely rusted fittings at both ends that are leaking fuel at an
> extremely alarming rate.
>
> So I'll replace the air filter and those fuel lines and come back with a
> report.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Seamus
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Ronald G Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> I would pull codes 1st (obviously).
>>
>>  Has it been raining/moist out? Could b moisture in the TPS connector?
>> Could b a faulty 02 sensor??
>>
>>  Ron
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2013, at 12:27 PM, "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Has about 203k. It was running pretty well when I got it, just a little
>> > blue smoke on startup if it hadn't been started for a week or so. I
>> drove
>> > it over an hour to get it home when I first bought it and I don't
>> remember
>> > it running poorly. It just had almost non-existent brakes.
>> >
>> > Seamus
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Ronald G Wainwright <
>> ron_01056 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> How many miles on the car?
>> >> Stumbling/smoke just pop up or.... Car was running good b4 hand??
>> >>
>> >> Ron
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "Seamus O'Carey" <
>> cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Yeah, I'll do some tests first. I guess I'm just getting discouraged.
>> 2
>> >>> years and, other than getting it home, I've driven this car 1 time. It
>> >>> doesn't help that my '84 4kq with the rebuilt head just started
>> blowing
>> >>> blue smoke.
>> >>>
>> >>> What was causing it to run so rich and how did you fix it?
>> >>>
>> >>> Seamus
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:03 AM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> ... think I'd check plugs and do a compression check first.  I got #2
>> >> from
>> >>>> someone who poured a lot of money into it because it was blowing
>> "white
>> >>>> smoke" ... I found that in my case the smoke was due to the engine
>> >> running
>> >>>> extremely rich.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Steve Buchholz
>> >>>> San Jose, CA (USA)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: Seamus O'Carey
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:35 PM
>> >>>> Subject: [V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I think I finally solved the brake problems, but today the motor
>> started
>> >>>> blowing white smoke and it stumbles upon acceleration. Once it's
>> moving
>> >> it
>> >>>> seems to go ok, but from a dead stop it feels like crap. Seems like a
>> >> blown
>> >>>> head gasket to me.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Seamus
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