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Old 01-16-2018, 08:07 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Mark Nixon View Post
It's not out of the realm of possibility that it simply dropped a valve, killing the injector in the process.
I've had a couple 13+ in here that did just that, no rhyme or reason.

If it just locked the pintle open, you might get very lucky and it didn't do any damage, but 50 miles is like an eternity on a wounded engine.

Mark.
Are the valves friction welded? I assume they are.

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