Just one background question, you eluded to it but Im not for sure.....Is this a "used" engine or one that has been totally rebuilt?........
Cliff Smith SSgt USMC Iraq
From: chance wolf <chance_wolf@shaw.ca> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> Subject: Re: [MV] Out of ideas... M151 still misses Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:19:52 -0800 ----- Original Message ----- 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. ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@mil-veh.org> To reach a human, contact <ack@mil-veh.org>