Books often advise relieving the fuel pressure before undoing fuel lines. I never bother. Just cover the line with a rag as you pull it off. No big deal. Don't be smoking while doing this of course. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mike Collum Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 5:56 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Rich on side, lean the other? If the fuel pump has been run recently there will be pressure in the fuel lines. However, even then, the volume of fuel that would be lost will be small. Less than would be expended doing an "Injector spray pattern" test. Mike
Michael Elliott wrote: > A brilliant and obvious idea!!!!! > > Like -- duh! > > I know that the fuel lines going into the injectors are high pressure. I > could use a pointer to a tutorial on how to handle the hoses when I do > this swap. > |
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