From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Now THAT'S funny.  8^)

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Glenn M.
"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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>A quattro owner has been calling me for a week or so.  He wants to sell the
> car and I suspect it hasn't run for a while.
>
> I advised him of the problem you can get if you make too many attempts to
> start a car - the cold start injector can put so much fuel into the engine
> that you get hydrolock - which can lift the head off.
>
> So he pulled the plugs out and spun the engine to clear it.  He forgot the
> plug he'd tied to earth on the front ot the engine, and 1/4 litre of
> vapourised fuel met a spark.
>
> Apparently it blew the bonnet off, removed all traces of hair from his
> face,
> and he's still looking for his spectacles.
>
> You couldn't make it up.
>
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>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>  +44 7833 654 800
>
>

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