From: chance wolf (chance_wolf@shaw.ca)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2005 - 10:19:52 PST
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From: <JoeYoungInc@aol.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Out of ideas... M151 still misses
> I haven't been following the thread on your problem,
> so I'll base my opinion on today's posting. You did
> not mention a vacuum test. An intake leak can cause
> a miss. The fact the plug only smells of gas and is
> not soaked is an indication that the cylinder might
> be starving for gas.
I had a really pesky miss on a 151 and tried absolutely everything. Turned
out to be an intake manifold leak right at the cylinder in question. Damn
frustrating, time consuming, and at the end of all the troubleshooting a
good dose of "damn, I'm an idiot - why didn't I think of that earlier?" -
type self-recrmination.
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