[Vwdiesel] OT: remote diagnosis

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

I always wanted to find the one which melted Limburger cheese the 
slowest.


  Ahhh, the old wedding gift trick back in the days of manifold heaters eh?  
;-)
  With one low cylinder like that I'd first pull the injector and check it or 

swap it.  Compression would be the next likely thing to check or the pump
itself.  I think most of the pumps you encounter on engines like that have a 
rack and each cylinder has its own little pump in the injector pump.  Unlike 
our distributor pump with only one actual pump.  That one cylinder is 
obviously 
barely firing.  Bad fuel doesn't seek out only one injector however if that 
one 
injector is already bad it could exacerbate the problem and could be the 
reason
for the variation in the other cylinders, as could carbon buildup, ring wear, 
valve/
seat wear, etc. 
  Good luck preserving tax payer dollars Scott.  You know THAT means 
nothing to those in charge, usually.  :-P
     Loren