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On 24 Sep 2006 at 21:51, Keith Park wrote: > ANOTHER fuel pressure regulator is starting to go! 8 years ago I had one > start to run the pressure high on a trip back from N Dakota, Jim cut it > apart and found nothing anomalous. > > On the way back from PA I noticed it starting to flood during warmed up > starts and its shooting up to 38-40 PSI when the engine first starts, then > only coming back to 34-5. It ran OK on the way back at this pressure but it > kept doing this all day yesterday. This morning it was fine, but I did have > to adjust it for the first time in many years this past spring. > > I wonder what is causing this kind of failure? Any why just to YOU? Were both of these failures on the same car? Same engine? If there was some kind of intermittent blockage in the return line to the tank (like a kinked hose, or something stuck in the hard line) that could make the pressure go up even if the regulator was okay. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~