Sigh,

Well screw the vacuum leak boys and girls. Much bigger problems have popped up with Inga (86 245DL 150K+).

On the way home tonight as I dropped out of warp drive (80+ mph) to the Beltway 8 Toll
Booth Inga did something bad. The Engine died on the way up the booth and white smoke went everwhere. This was a serious cloud of smoke. Tried to start it, no start, but lots more white smoke. The guy behind me said it happened when I started to slow down. Since I had him trapped at the booth he made a pretty good witness and had to help push it out of the way. (If you push a car through the booth you still have to pay the toll by the way).

The odor of gas was everywhere and it was dripping out of the tailpipe. The oil is clean and there is plenty of it. I did not try to start it after that for fear of the big bang and called for the hook. Towed it to a shop near my house which was of course closed. Tried to crank it there, but no luck.

Houston Tow Truck drivers are a pretty sleasy bunch by the way. Started out at $85.00 when he connected. Tried to jack up the price to $125 when he got to the stop. Extra counties in the tow according to him. I explained to him there was a reason it was called the Harris County Tollway and I would be glad to let a Pasadena Cop work this out. Then the price dropped, he grabbed the $70 cash in my hand and hauled butt.

Enough about my big adventure, what broke, the timing belt, fuel pressure regulator, or something worse?

As always, thanks in advance for your ideas and help.