[OT] pop goes the accumluator

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

There's a first time for everything.

Tonight my neighbour called me up and said that he found a large spring
underneath his 87 Jetta (CIS) with a metal sleeve or can around one end.  
He wanted to know if it was a critical part of the car, or just some piece
of trash that got caught underneath.

I was getting nowhere listening to the description on the phone, so after 
the kids were in bed I wandered over and took a look.  It turns out that 
the fuel accumulator had rusted and the back end of it blew right off, 
powered by that heavy spring.  He drove to work and back (145km one way) 
with the accumulator's diaphragm open to air - licky for him it didn't 
rupture.

Once I saw the problem, I got him to bring the car over and we replaced 
the accumulator with a spare - what an ugly, messy job.  Luckily I was 
planning to take the evening off from working on the Scirocco and didn't 
have anything pressing lined up (except going to bed on time!)

Anyways, have some respect for that little accumulator under the car - 
that's one helluva spring bottled up in there.

Drew

PS Only 3 days 56 minutes 37 seconds until Cincy2K3!!

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