>From: "Joel Walker" >anyway, black and slightly sooty is normal for fuel injection. the >computers always make the mixture just a bit rich, to protect the pistons >from burning. this is why you have the 2nd throttle position switch ... for >Full Throttle. when that switch is clicked/closed, the computer kicks the >mixture more into rich, so that you can't burn up the engine roaring down >the road (for example, in case you had a minor air cleak in the intake or >something).
Hey thanks Joel. I am glad to know I have normal stuff coming out of my tail pipe. ;-) I am going to pull the heads and reseal all that I can this weekend. I will probably replace the plugs, fuel filter, new seals on the injectors and new fuel lines. Can anyone think of anything else I might want to do while I am in there and have a lot of stuff out of the way?
Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" '85 Vanagon GL, nameless |
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