I did find my washer on the floor of my garage once I started the engine after replacing my newly cleaned injectors. John H's cleaning and testing service was really great. I had them back within 3 days of me shipping them to him. Much cheaper than buying new ones. Car runs much better, more even idle, more power and no dieseling going up hills. I just need a tune-up to adjust the fuel mixture and I'm good to go for the summer. Thanks again for the helpful advice about my washer "scare". Paul Vin 10944 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, doctorDHD@... wrote: > > > > I once heard a loud DINK when driving fast in my '66 Mustang, then when I > slowed down the engine had a terrible miss. Back home I discovered that one > of the spark plugs had lost its side electrode into the engine. Never had a > problem and that material is pretty hard. > > Dave Delman > 6530 & 2700 ohms > > 1f. Re: Possibly dropped copper washer from fuel line into engine cylind > Posted by: "Peter Lucas" lucas@... lucasxyzzy > Date: Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:16 pm ((PDT)) > > While we are on this topic, what are people's opinions about the > danger of ceramic material from a broken spark plug falling into the > cylinder? I once took great pains to vacuum out a bit of this stuff. > Did I save my engine, or would it have instantly been pulverized to > atoms with no ill effect? > > I figured, better safe than sorry, but OTOH I imagine that spark > plugs fail in this way all the time in running engines. Anybody know? > > > --Pete Lucas > VIN #06703 > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/