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On 20 Feb 2006 at 22:10, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > >A month isn't really too long, but soaking in kerosene while you're doing other > >work certainly can't hurt. > I meant to give it a month to soak in the kerosene- this car pretty much > sat for over a year. Thats where, if the seal dried out, was when it > happened. The injector wasn't leaking when I bought it, so my guess is > that this seal dried out while the car sat idle. Okay, gotcha. That makes sense. > I repressurized the system tonight- took about 30 key cycles to get it > to 28 lbs. (I have got to rig this differently) Once it got there, it > quickly dropped to 19, as is normal, and then slowly started dropping > again, but faster than yesterday. I looked at the suspect #4 injector, > and this time I could see fuel actually dripping out of the seam between > the plastic top and the metal body. I think the leak has gotten worse, > the rapid pressure drop I think points to that. > > I might not give this injector another chance. My wife isn't too > thrilled about the idea of fuel leaks in the garage, can't say I blame > her either.... It's possible that the gas is flushing out dried gas residue left from its long stagnant period. It's quite reasonable to be concerned about leaking gas in the garage, but you don't have to actually pressurize the lines to immerse the O-ring in gas. Just give the key a couple of twists, twice a day. Don't start the engine. You probably won't smell anything, but within a week this is likely to just be a memory. Try it and it's likely to all be over by the weekend. The leak you're seeing is quite typical for cars which have sat for long periods and usually cures itself within this time. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~