Re: [T2] Engine advice needed

["Andy McKinley" <airhedz@xxxxxxxxx>]

What's the name of the shop, Mike?

Did you notice any unusual increase in power after the first time they
worked on it? Possibly they advanced the timing too far, or there may be
some other problem with the distributor. If the airbox isn't up to spec, the
mixture could be off causing the engine to run too lean. Lots of
possibilities here, but it sounds like you have indeed overheated the
engine.

When you say "no spark," did you actually check for spark by removing the
coil wire and checking for spark while turning the engine over? If there is
truely no spark, that's an entirely different issue and could be a
relatively minor problem.



On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Michael Henry <maestromh@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> I had it towed back to my repair shop.
>
> Now here is where things begin to get a little interesting....after
> they had a chance to look it over, I get a call from the shop. They
> ask me if I was lugging the engine (no, coming back I wasn't going
> uphill or anything, and prior to having my bus serviced I had made
> this same trip maybe 3-4 times without any issues). They tell me that
> compression is low on all four cylinders, they've found a fuel hose
> leaking, but they were able to get everything back up, the only thing
> that was odd was something about them not being able to get my airbox
> up to spec. They said they'd tidy up and I could pick up the bus in
> the afternoon.
>
> Three hours later I get a call saying that they want to keep the bus
> for the weekend, and that they may need to scrap my engine.
>
> I didn't get to speak with them prior to closing yesterday, but this
> place is a fairly well known VW specialty service shop here in the SF
> bay area.
>


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