Fwd: Re: [Chrysler300] things that go BOOM

[Gary Nelson <garythepartsdoc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Gary Nelson <garythepartsdoc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] things that go BOOM
>
>Hi All
>
>This BOOM thing. I see a couple of coments the fule pump is the culprit. 
>The fuel pump goes to the carb not the crank case.
>It is the Carb(s) that is the culprit. The floats are not likely shutting 
>off the fuel flow. This is particularly important if you have or added an 
>electric fuel pump. It will keep pumping when the motor is not running and 
>ignition on. This can dump allot of fuel into the motor if the needle and 
>seats are not shutting off fuel flow.
>If you are adding a electric fuel pump,( I am an advocate of that) I will 
>recommend a low pressure pump. I had an experiance wher the electric fuel 
>pump pushed fuel past the needle and seats and keep flooding the motor. I 
>may have had more problems w/ the carbs than I thought. I added a fuel 
>regulator w/ gauge and reduced the 7 psi output to 4 or 5 psi. That solved 
>the problem.
>
>I think we get lazy these days with our all computerized cars. They tell 
>you the fuel is low, coolant low, trans fluid low, brake fluid low, brake 
>pads worn, lights on, door agar, trunk agar, check eng., oil change, 
>driver one set, driver two set, and that front seat sensor that tells you 
>what you had for lunch. I'll admit it. I don't check anything on my daliy 
>drivers.
>Our brutes are the old fashion way. Get your head under the hood regular 
>and make sure you do not have these problems brewing.
>
>
>
>
>
>At 05:23 PM 09/11/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>>I saw it happen to a slant six back in my high school days, it was in such
>>bad need of a tune up that it had to be towed into the gas station. The guy
>>working on it had just managed to get it started and was turning the
>>distributor and KABOOM. It blew out the dipstick and filler cap and also
>>curled up both ends of that long slant six valve cover. Shook him up so
>>badly he wouldn't go near that car, afterwards, I had to finish the job for
>>him(first thing I did was change the oil).
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>At 04:58 PM 9/11/2004 -0700, Gary Barker wrote:
>> >Oh Yes I have had it happen.  Even though I was an innocent bystander
>> >when it happened.   I pulled into a friend of mines gas station.  His
>> >son was working on a new 59 Buick.  He had just finished going to a
>> >Union 76 Tune up school and then went out and bought a new Sun tune up
>> >machine.  He was giving the Buick its first tune up. at 6,000 miles.  I
>> >had just got off of work and was wearing a white shirt and tie.  I
>> >walked up to the car to see what he was doing.  He told me that he could
>> >not get the Buick to run.  I asked him what all he did.  New plugs and
>> >removed the dist. and spun it up on the machine and when he put it back
>> >in The engine would not start.  Well that told me he had the dist. in
>> >wrong.  So I leaned over the fender and checked the timing marks and
>> >they were way off.  So I pulled the dist. out and put the engine on TDC
>> >and re installed the dist.  So I told him to get in and start it up.
>> >The next thing I knew was a crowed of people and a ambulance crew
>> >working on my face.  Well what happened,  he told me later , when he
>> >couldn't get it to start, they towed the car around the block.  One
>> >cylinder was so full of fuel it locked up and then broke the piston
>> >allowing all the gas to go in the oil pan.  So when I timed it right and
>> >then tried to start it,  the engine completely exploded.  It blew the
>> >oil pan off,  the valley pan not only blew off it stripped all the
>> >threads out of the block holes.  Well when I was leaning over the fender
>> >the oil cap on the end of the oil filler tube was aimed right at my
>> >face.  That cap hit me right between the eyes .  Broke my nose and
>> >filled my eyes full of oil and gas.  That was the only time I have ever
>> >been knocked out cold.  They said I was out for about 15 minutes. and
>> >when I came too I was really in a world of hurt.  They had to buy a new
>> >engine for the Buick. It destroyed the one in the car.
>> >So there is my story. Most of the time your fuel pump will start leaking
>> >and also dump fuel in the oil pan.  will have the same results.
>> >          Have a good weekend everybody-   Gary Barker
>>
>>
>>
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