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http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0102&P=2 I'm not sure of the accuracy............... "....the whole world , Chico. And everything in it." David V. Nelson 1969 Fastback FI (no matter what!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Injector interchangability? > On 23 Nov 2003 at 13:20, Todd Heimer wrote: > > > Is there a difference in fuel delivery (volume) between the black injectors 0 > > 280 150 001 and the yellow 0 280 150 007 ? > > > > I replaced a pair of leaky black injectors on my '68 with two yellow ones i > > had on hand. I'm hoping this is not a bad thing. > > I'm not sure. > > 68-9 got the 001s while everything switched over to the 007s in '70. At that > time the 007s also became the proper replacement for the 68-9s. There was > always the rumor that the 007s were either richer or leaner (depending on the > rumor) than the 001s, but I've never seen anything I trusted on this. > > I don't think VW ever said that you needed to replace all 4 if you changed to > 007s, so I suspect there is really no difference in fuel delivery, which leads > to the question of what WAS the difference? > > I don't know. I've taken both kinds apart and the internal construction is the > same. If there's a difference, it's pretty subtle. Of course it might still be > a slight change in fuel delivery, which would WOULD be a very subtle change. > > Because I've never been sure, I've always tried to stick to one or the other on > a given engine, just to be safe. I've run both pre 70 and post 70 engines on > both styles, however, and they both seem to work well. > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >