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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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ >