Strange. I would of guessed marvel mystery oil injector..... but that does not look quite correct.


https://www.flickr.com/photos/91591049@N00/12435030174

Carl I thank you so much for checking out Mr Wood n all you have done with others to get him back on the road again.

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> On Jun 25, 2018, at 5:31 PM, Carl Stouffer wrote:
>
> As some of you may remember, Dave Wood overheated his coach on the way to the Tucson GMCMI back in April. He was towed to the KOA where II helped
> diagnose the initial problem as a heater hose that had been riding on the AC pulley and had worn through.
>
> I sent Dave and his friend out for some supplies and changed out the hose for him only to find that the problem was much worse than just a worn
> through hose. When we filled it back up with coolant, it was steaming out of the exhaust rather badly and when we removed the radiator cap, there was
> quite a bit of pressure and air bubbling out of the radiator.
>
> Alex and Miguel were called over only to confirm the diagnoses of a cracked head or blown head gasket. At the end of the rally, the coach was towed
> to Calypso Automotive where my mechanic friends, Ron & Jim agreed to replace the heads. Unfortunately, the job turned into a much bigger deal than
> they had anticipated or wanted to do. When Jim pulled the heads off, he found two burned pistons (Holes burned in the top edge of the #4 and #5
> pistons)
>
> The engine needed to come out and a complete rebuild needed to be done. The coach is back up and running as of Friday evening,. I test drove it
> today at Jim's request and it runs great. There are still a few tweaks needed, but ti is back together and I understand Dave will be back in Tucson
> Wednesday to pick it up, put a hundred or so miles on it, bring it back for another oil change and then drive it back over the mountain home to San
> Diego.
>
> Attached is a link to a couple of photos I took of the internal damage and the suspected cause of the severity of the problems. There was some kind
> of snake oil injector(???) in the PVC hose that I noticed was sucking in a LOT of air after I fixed the heater hose. I believe it was causing an
> overly lean condition in those two cylinders, which combined with the overheating, caused the burned pistons.
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g7162-david-wood-27s-403.html
>
> If anyone can identify the "snake oil injector" I would be curious as to what it might be and what it's supposed function was. So far no one that has
> seen it can identify it.
> --
> Carl Stouffer
> '75 ex Palm Beach
> Tucson, AZ.
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I really thought that I had seem most of the snake oil fire vapor injectors, but I haven't seen that one before.

Matt