Hmm, I drive a 90 van and right after we had picke dit up I went to the dealer and they noticed that it was elgible for a fuel system recall on the injectors and fuel hoses. I am not certain what VIN numbers are elgible but you should go to the dealer and see if you can get all 4 and the hose replaced for free! Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Walter Gomes > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 4:16 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Green Fuel Injector > > > Hey Volks, > After pulling Miles' (86 westy) heads off and finding that that huge > miss was a completely fouled spark plug, (oh well, needed to replace the > gasket and fuel lines anyway) I found that the #3 injector was > different than all the rest. It was swaged on to the fuel hose and its > body was green plastic (all the others are yellow (?) and the hose is > clamped on). I tested it and it squirted (didn't measure the volume > though). I put it back together, bleed the system (twice) and I've still > got a bit of a miss and now he's also running a bit warm (completely > above the led ) > > My question is do I need to replace that injector? [Well, DAH!!] > Seems obvious but it ran really well for at least the last 8,000 miles > or so (Miles has 320,000) > That plug was completely fouled with black crumbly gunk (carbon?). Too > rich? Think I may also have a bad lifter. Sooo, that said what do yall > think Oh Vast and Wizened List? > > Walter Gomes -Lost Angeles > |
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