Date:         Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:08:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Townsend <townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE>
Subject:      Re: injector question
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Hi,

I also await the answer to these questions.  My van has the "oil on the
dipstick smells like gas" syndrome and poor mileage as well.  (14 city, 18
highway).  I suspect the dribbly injector syndrome and/or too high fuel
pressure.  I haven't had the nerve to take out the injectors, because
Robert Bentley tells me to buy new seals first.  At $90 each, this is not
one I want to simply replace first and diagnose later.

Thanks,
Michael Townsend

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> From: Cooper, Jonathan R. <cooper@BQMLAW.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: injector question
> Date: Monday, July 30, 2001 10:47 AM
>
> I spent Saturday afternoon replacing fuel lines with the Ken Wilford Kit
I
> bought 6-8 months ago. I also decided to take Kens advice and pull the
> injectors and clean them up (wire brush off the rust and repaint). THe
> rubber around the injectors seemed pretty good. I tried to be careful and
> put the same wires on the same injectors. Van runs pretty well but I
needed
> to adjust the idle down afterward. Okay, the questions: 1. I just popped
the
> injectors back in. Should I have used some sort of silicone sealer?  2.
What
> id I mixed up the wires. How would the van run? How would the injector
know
> when to inject? Does it know some way? Did I just get lucky and put them
on
> right? (I am not usually that Lucky).
> Just curious.
>
> Jonathan R. Cooper
> Brzytwa, Quick & McCrystal
> 900 Skylight Office Tower
> Cleveland, OH 44113
> Cooper@BQMlaw.com