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On 19 Feb 2006 at 14:05, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Ok, I just tested the fuel system for leaks. It took a VERY long time to > get fuel in all the lines- I hadn't yet done the pushbutton fuel pump > prime trick, so I must have cycled the key about 50 times. The system > pressurizes nicely to 25+ PSI (my wife's not around right now to eyeball > the pressure gauge for me), and then drops to 18-19, stays there a > little while, and drops further a bit more slowly. 30 minutes have > elapsed since I stopped, and we're down to 14 lbs. All that actually sounds just fine. > My #4 injector is leaking. 50-50 chance it was the same injector that > was leaking before I did all the fuel lines. I kept the injectors all on > the same side, but very well may have swapped them. So, I thought I had > a seeping hose before all of this at that injector. Turns out the > injector is likely leaking. This seems plausable, as another listee just > mentioned he had leaky injectors. My guess is that this pressure drop is > coming from this leaking injector- the tin below is VERY wet with fuel, > and only the #4 injector is wet. Give it a week. In that time the o-ring in that injector may swell up enough to stop the leak. Just go out twice a day and turn the key enough to keep the fuel lines filled with gas. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~