Re: [Chrysler300] things that go BOOM

[Gary Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Hertog wrote:

>To all weekend diagnosticians:
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>so... Dave Clelland finally decides to drive his 300G rag somewhere...
>(yes, Peter Fitch, he DID drive it ! ) ...  after a 45 minute ride, he
>arrives at a car show.....  and BOOM. Big explosion under the hood.  Enough
>of a BOOM to wake up the neighborhood; enough to blow the oil cap (breather)
>right off the valve cover, and enough to blow the intake manifold pan ...
>outwards, and cause it to bulge out so far that it actually interfered with
>the throttle linkage under the rams.
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>Yes, the car restarted and still runs OK; and, yes, Dave does smell gas in
>the oil.  Question is:  how did it get there ???  obviously, there was
>enough of a buildup of gas fumes in the cranckase to cause this explosion.
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>anyone ever hear of something like this ?  Comments?  Please "reply to all"
>so Dave can read the posts...
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>John
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