Date:         Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:05:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Otmar Ebenhoech <Otmar@EVCL.COM>
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From:         Otmar Ebenhoech <Otmar@EVCL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Erratic runnign Vanagon... fuel pump?
Comments: To: "Paul A. Cianciolo" <Paulc@SNET.NET>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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>I  noticed something else.  When it runs poorly..  the injectors make a
>slight tapping noise,  when it begins to run better,,  the tapping goes
>away.  The worse it idles the louder the taping noise as soon as the noise
>goes away, the engine runs very smoothly.  This operation is erratic.   It
>is almost as if there is a vaccum leak on a carburated engine.  I spoke to a
>local repair shop and they sugested changing th e fuel filter,  siting that
>if there was too little fuel in the injector rail the injector would be
>empty or close to it and yuo would hear the the seleniod in the injector
>open and close


Are you sure it's the injectors tapping? A loose valve seat that holds the
valve open can also sound similar and cause rough running.


 -Otmar-
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