Date:         Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:06:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: legitimate beef - water under the bridge - or just plain wrong
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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  Vapor-lock is technically impossible on a Vanagon.  The design is a
complete loop.  The fuel pump delivers 'too much' fuel by volume, at a
continuously-regulated pressure. So, the injectors take what they need from
the rails, and the rest of the excess fuel returns to the tank.
  The large volume of 'cool' fuel in the tank and lines keeps any boiling or
air bubbles flushed through or impossible to occur in the first place.  If
you shut off the engine, and a hot part boils the fuel in the lines, as soon
as you start the engine, the fuel pump will immediately flush out any 'air
gap' in the lines and any hot fuel left in the lines will quickly be
replaced by cool fuel from the tank.  The fuel pump has a check-ball and
spring in the outlet that won't allow fuel to return backwards when off.

My wife said,
"when they made you, they threw away the mold.  But they did keep some of
the fungus."

Mike B.


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From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:26 PM
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:      Re: legitimate beef - water under the bridge - or just plain
wrong

> At 04:54 PM 8/19/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>the proper answer back to "I just want it right" ..is to ask if they
>>really
>>understand what that might me for a final price on the bill, and if they
>>are
>>actually prepared for that ..
>
> When I ask people when it's ok to call and they say "any time" -- I
> ask "Can (I know, it's may) I call at 0130?"  There's usually a
> shocked response, and then we can get down to numbers.  Occasionally
> someone says "Sure, no problem."
>
> Assumptions can create lots of problems -- and do.  I assume that
> everyone else's universe is just like mine.  Been burned a lot that
> way, so I'm learning to check.  As my former wife said "When God made
> you He broke the mold -- first."
>
> Yours,
> David