John Hertog wrote: >To all weekend diagnosticians: > >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. > >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. > >anyone ever hear of something like this ? Comments? Please "reply to all" >so Dave can read the posts... > >John > > > > > > > >To send a message to this group, send an email to: >Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Autos. Everything you need to know about buying or selling a car. FREE Quotes, 360° Tours, Research, Blue Book, Compare Vehicles, Buy Used http://us.click.yahoo.com/kEZsdA/bwnGAA/YiGOAA/8LmulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/