Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 18:29:24 -0700
Reply-To: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Fuel injector test results
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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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