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On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 16:58, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > On Feb 6, 2005, at 23:08, knowonelse@sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > Think of a river that flow with a constant volume, > > and then widens into a lake. The damper behaves > > like the lake. Fluctuations on the inlet side get > > dampened by the lake taking up the variations > > and leaving the outlet to run at a consitant rate. > > This would only work if there was air to compress and "soak up" the > pulses I'm thinking. It's all filled with incompressible gasoline, so > how the fluctutions on the inlet side can be different than the ones on > the outlet side I don't know... > But, just look at the design of the diaphram. The sides of the diaphram at very flat compared to their diameter. They can flex in and out, therefore absorbing shock/pulses in the system. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~