Re: fuel injector questions

[king5zreo@juno.com]

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 
>
>

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