you may want to change the fuel pressure regulator too On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to go with the ones from Bus Depot. The price is right and I > love supporting our list vendors when I can. > > Marc > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Speaking of injectors these are becoming more available aftermarket. I > just purchased a set through NAPA. Part number CRB-218530. List is $60.80. > My wholesale cost was much much less. The box says "made in USA". Are they? > They came with the hose and a clamp, no seals. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Marc Perdue > > Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2015 9:03 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Fuel injector test results > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've had a long-term, on-going problem wherein my '87 westy runs rich > and has little power until the revs get up to 2-3K RPMs. I've fixed/tested > a lot of things over the years trying to track this problem down and, after > talking to Dennis Haynes, who stopped by on one of his journeys, decided > that I needed test the injectors. I have to say that the results seemed > pretty inconclusive to me because it was really hard to see what was coming > out of the injectors and how. I did observe three things, however: > > 1) There were little black specks in the tray I was spraying into. I am > not sure if these came out of the injectors or off of them. > > 2) There were little "globules" of stuff floating around in the gas. > > This looks like what I've seen in the bottom of my gas cans when > ethanol-containing gas has sat for a long time, so I'm thinking it's water. > Since I was unsure whether the container I was spraying into was dry to > begin with, I dried it out before testing the passenger side injectors and > saw the same thing. Blech... > > 3) While three of the injectors appeared to be almost atomizing the > fuel, the passenger-side, rear-most injector seemed to be less efficient > than the others. > > > > I'm going to go ahead and replace them all and see what happens. I'm > thinking of putting some gas treatment in the tank to absorb any water in > there as well. > > > > Marc Perdue > |
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