Re: [T3] STill geting air in fuel lines.

["John Connolly" <john@aircooled.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>FWIW, I HAVE seen pinholes in fuel lines that were closed when sitting, but
when the pump sucked, the hole allowed air in. VERY difficult to find and
diagnose, but new lines solved it. Air in the lines, and no leaks when not
running. go figure!


John
Aircooled.Net Inc.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: "It's a list" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] STill geting air in fuel lines.


> Air cannot get INTO fuel lines, unless your run the tank dry.  Think this
> way... if 30PSI wont force gas out a possible hole... air sure wont get
in.
> Just a myth!
>
> Your pressure regulator may be bad, they shouldnt make noise, are you
> watching the fuel pressure with all this going on??
>
> Keith
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Healey <marksvw@healeyonline.com>
> To: It's a list <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:51 PM
> Subject: [T3] STill geting air in fuel lines.
>
>
> > 71 manual FI square.
> > I'm still getting air in my fuel line.
> > Symptoms:
> >
> > When I run the fuel pump staticaly I hear a high pitched squeal coming
> > from the pressure regulator.  It gets higher and then stops.  If I try
> > to start the car before the squeal stops it won't
> >
> > All the fuel lines at the rear end of the car are new.
> >
> > The two steel lines runing to the front of the car are OK, judging
> > from the amount of gas that ran out while I swapped the old line with
> > the new.
> >
> > There is no noticible gas leaking.  At least I don't smell any.
> >
> > It's running lean.  Which may be an entirely seperate problem.
> >
> > I checked the injectors.  #1 seems to be more of a stream than a mist
> > but not much.  Can I clean it or do I have to get a new one.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Healey
> > 71 FI auto square
> > 71 FI manual square
> > marksvw@healeyonline.com
> >
> >
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