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Sonny, Put a small hose clamp on ALL fuel lines. Preventive maintenance. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Thu, 21 May 1998 16:06:15 EDT Sonny8oy <Sonny8oy@aol.com> writes: >well, today i set about installing my new (used) injectors and >discovered that >i had a pretty major oil leak - lots of oil sitting on op of the case >around >the cooler, etc. > >so i replaced the injectors (with new seals) and then took a closer >look at >where the 'oil' leak was coming from. it was fuel. doh. the line >from the >pressure regulator that goes to the air distributor had come out on >the bottom >of the air distributor and so was quite hard to notice. anyway, that >probably >explains the crappy running and the 10-12mpg. seems to be running ok >now, so >i guess that the original injectors probably weren't any worse than >these ones >(didn't have a helper to start the car while i would watch for a >cone-shape >spray, but i'll check these ones and the other side 'sometime'). > >i guess i'm very fortunate not to have a burnt out hulk of steel. i'm >glad >the engine was covered in oil in the first place - helped to dilute >the fuel. > >hopefully it'll take me on a 400 mile round trip this w/end. > >sonny > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]