Date:         Wed, 9 Dec 1998 06:41:48 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cold Start problems: Pressure regulator?
Comments: To: RFeuerriegel@BC.SYMPATICO.CA
Comments: cc: vanagon@VANAGON.COM

Randy;
Installing a permanent fuel pressure gauge is not that hard. I mounted
the gauge on the chassis in the engine compartment i.e. not on the engine
due to vibrations. I used the small flexible hose used to hook up oil
pressure gauges. The first gauge I installed failed due to the
rapid,minute variations in fuel pressure. It wore out. An oil filled
gauge might  have helped here but instead I added a cutoff valve inline
with the new gauge.
It is convenient to periodically check the regulator and injector leak
down.
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 00:45:59 -0800 Randolph Feuerriegel
<RFeuerriegel@BC.SYMPATICO.CA> writes:
>Hi everyone.
>
>I have a question regarding pressure regulators & fuel pumps. As they
>age, as in the original part, do they become less effective in colder
>weather?
>A few mornings now with temperatures around 2 Cel to 5 Cel and damp,
>my
>motor cranks, fires, and stalls. Have to keep on the throttle until it
>warms up a bit, then fine all day. Feels like the engine is starved
>for
>fuel. I can hear the fuel pump click on, throttle switch clicks and in
>spec., temp sensor 2 reads ok, oxy sensor working, but as this point
>not
>online. Any ideas. Thanks again.
>--
>R.Feuerriegel
>88 syncro
>

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