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--- Keith Park <TopNotchResto@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > ALL fuel lines should be changed each 10 years... > its a safety issue. > > The oil in the pressure sensors is from someone > overfilling the air cleaners > on the early cars. it makes the sensors sluggish. > > keith > > > > > I put in another pressure sensor and the black > smoke is gone and it > > seems zippier than before. I haven't given it the > Texas Street test > > (A good hill to test these things in central San > Diego). > > > > An interesting thing. The one I got from the > junkyard yesterday had > > some oil dripping out of it when I took it out of > the box this > > afternoon. Is that a sign of something that was > wrong with the car it > > came from or is it possible that the one I had in > there had lost some > > oil that was supposed to be in there? > > > > Now the bad news. It seeks at idle. I suppose I > probably have to > > readjust it with the new pressure sensor. And > there is a leak in the > > fuel lines. It looks like I cracked the one that > goes to the #3 > > injector when attaching the pressure gauge. They > all look pretty old > > and brittle. > > > > This brings up a question I have for Jim. You > were planning to sell > > fuel line replacement kits. I think it fell > through. If it didn't, > > I'd like to buy one. If it did, could you send me > a shopping list > > with lengths of what diameter and good brand > names. > > > > > > Mark Healey > > 71 FI auto square > > 71 FI manual square > > marksvw@healeyonline.com > > > > > >THINK 10 YEARS IS A LITTLE MUCH, with the 7mm german fuel line I have never gotten over 4 years, that is the cut off for my self and my customers and I havent had a fire on any of the cars yet, much over 4 years we seem to start getting small leaks. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Search old messages on the Web! Visit > http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com