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On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 19:51, Daryl Koch wrote: > A while ago, when I went to come home from work my 72SB started backfiring. > I took off the right valve cover & saw that the #2 exhaust valve had about > .250" gap. The valve and spring looked just like the intake next to it, but > the rocker rocked way in towards the pushrod. I backed off the locknut as > far as I dared & screwed in the screw. I was able to drive it home like this > (23 miles) and park it on the highest ground that I could find in our > parking lot. > My guess is that I've got a broken or bent pushrod. My questions are: Is > this a good guess? And can I get it out if it's broken? I'd like to get it > inside where I can work on it (about 25 miles). > Just thought of something else. If you are going to try and drive it home, just pull that push rod out and drive it on 3 cylinders. Disconnect the wire to that injector, so you don't flood that cylinder with raw gas. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~