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Re: [T3] Not starting after long drives


On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 17:40, Dave Hall wrote:
> but if 30PSI doenst push fuel through a
> > hole I doubt 15PSI of air would get through.
> >
> 
> I've heard of this passing of air when a hose is failing.  Air does indeed get
> through a porous pipe that may still resist liquid fuel seepage.  That's how
> fish take in oxygen without drowning, after all!
> 
A 3cc air leak at 70 psi will not leak gas. This is one way we test fuel
filters and regulators safely.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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