Onboard heater

[r550s]

Last night when I started it, it backfired, blew the left throttle body off, and the fuel inside the inlet port caught fire, which looked amazing in the darkness.
Is this some more 'character'?

[Jason M]

Last night when I started it, it backfired, blew the left throttle body off, and the fuel inside the inlet port caught fire, which looked amazing in the darkness.
Is this some more 'character'?

Are you joking? Must have been a shit load of fuel to blow that off. Backfire in the inlet though? The inlet port shouldn't be open to the cylinder when it fires should it, unless the valve timing is out - or am I being stupid?

What has it done - blown the throttle body off the inlet completely? Do you have a picture?

Jason

[nab 301]

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recall ... search.asp

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recall ... B900269480

[Jason M]

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recall ... search.asp

http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recall ... B900269480

Blimey

[gus]

Double blimey.
Was that the recall that was carried out when they changed the injector/petrol clips?I seem to remember the dealers telling me they had put different throttle body/intake clips on.
Hhhmmm!
gus

[r550s]

NAB301 - excellent reply, cheers! how did you find out about that? Reason I ask is becasue my 1998 s had a couple of self tapping screws that had been obviously added afterwards to secure the plastic intake runners into the airbox sides. These always puzzled me, and I some point I didn't bother to rpleace tham after a stripdown.
Now I know why! Oh boy.
Cheers again
...now where's me box of big screws...

[nab 301]

how did you find out about that? ...

I got the vosa website from the collective fountain of knowledge that is boxertrix (dunno who posted it up a couple of years ago) .
After reading all the potential s problems, this one (with its potentially fiery conclusion) was etched forever in my memory banks ....
Nigel B.