Last weekend while I was driving in our 1979 240D I was hit from behind by
someone trying to make it through a signal that was turning red. The
collision wasn't all that bad. The offending vehicle was a 2002 Escalade and
it pushed in the trunk sheet metal to the right of the license plate and it
Moving the engine or bending the throttle linkage could cost some power,
but wouldn't stop the engine.
If there's something supposed to shut the fuel off in case of rollover,
I suppose it's possible that got tripped, or you may have pinched
a fuel line near the back of the car.
If you ruptured
The rapping I figured is maybe exhaust got moved in the wreck and is
banging around
Mitch Haley wrote:
Moving the engine or bending the throttle linkage could cost some power,
but wouldn't stop the engine.
If there's something supposed to shut the fuel off in case of rollover,
I suppose
One time I went and looked at this beautiful V12 Jag sedan that had been
hit such that the driveshaft impacted upon the rear of the engine, or
vice versa. Anyway the guy was selling it cheap, thinking that maybe
the motor had been damaged, though he was not sure. I passed on it as I
had no
Kaleb,
I hadn't thought about the exhaust moving around. That might explain why the
rapping got louder - maybe the pipe near the header ruptured and then I'm
able to hear the noise from the engine more than before.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The
Check the exhaust for kinks. The first trailer I ever pulled had my 1950
Buick held below 40 MPH with a 1200 mile trip in front of me. I was
thinking that pulling a small trailer sucks.
When I stopped for the night, I noticed the tail pipe at a different angle.
It was kinked so I tore the end
