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• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:23:17 -0700
  ...The pinch test only tells something about the regulator when the pressure is truly below the regulator's spec. Even a properly working regulator...
• Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 07:57:22 -0500
  I need to know two things about some fuel pressure regulators from a Bentley. 1980 - 1983 Air Cooled Vanagon pressure regulators, what are the...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:26:53 -0400
  Fuel Pressure Regulators - Test Procedure & Specifications AIR COOLED AFC - connect gauge US 1076 to fuel ring main - disconnect hose between intake air distributor and...
• Re: cheap gauges from JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:56:20 -0700
  The proper place for the pressure gauge is between the fuel pump and the pressure regulator. The only thing 'after' the pressure regulator is...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:44:33 -0500
  ...Fuel Pressure Regulators > I need to know two things about some fuel pressure regulators from a > Bentley. > 1980 - 1983 Air Cooled Vanagon pressure regulators...
• Re: cheap gauges from JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:42:55 -0700
  ...Each line connects to one of 2 pipes on the regulator high pressure > side. The regulator constantly bleeds fuel pressure out into the > return...
• Re: Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:52:32 -0800
  If you replaced the suspect pressure regulator with a "known good" regulator, but nothing changed, then I'd guess the problem isn't your...
• Re: Last question of the night
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 08:37:46 -0800
  ...Just turning on the ignition switch, pump pressure, 80 psi. Regulator to fuel tank pressure, 70 psi. Cranking pressure: fuel pump, 90 psi. Regulator...
• Re: Last question of the night
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:29:21 -0500
  ...Just turning on the ignition switch, pump pressure, 80 psi. Regulator to fuel tank pressure, 70 psi. Cranking pressure: fuel pump, 90 psi. Regulator...
• Fuel pressure regulator question?
  Historical mailing list - John Andrew
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:49:34 -0600
  Hi again, Now I have a fuel pressure regulator question. I am trying to trace a power loss problem on my 1984 1.9...
• Re: Splicing in a propane T-fitting
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 08:16:30 -0800
  ...Heater is set up for propane direct from the canisters which do not have pressure regulators.... that means Mr. Heater has a pressure regulator...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Info
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 23:46:54 -0500
  Gene Berg sells a Bosch Fuel Pressure Regulator for usae with their Haltech Systems, wonder what style it is and qwhether it's adjustable...
• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 15:50:20 -0700
  ...Also, I tried disconnecting the vacuum line that controls the fuel pressure regulator. No change. Finally, I swapped another fuel pressure regulator into the...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:20:28 -0700
  ...High vacuum (idle), low pressure; low vacuum (open throttle) high pressure. I think I got it the right way around. When my regulator went...
• Brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:55:57 +0200
  Hi, Where do I find a brake pressure regulator - preferably in Europe? /JJ
• Re: 2nd propane regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:31:36 -0600
  ...If I need two pressure levels downstream from the high pressure volatile liquid tanks, I'll set the primary regulator for the higher value...
• Re: Fuel Pressure a bit high -- OK???
  Historical mailing list - Greg O
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:01:04 -0600
  ...So the regulator is working > but is giving me pressure a bit high. > > Anyone else have a reg like this? Did you change it...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:16 -0500
  ...vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator? > It correlates manifold vacuum to fuel pressure. High vacuum (idle), low > pressure; low vacuum (open throttle) high pressure.
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:37:44 -0600
  What is the function of the vacuum hose that connects to the fuel pressure regulator?
• Re: Fuel Injection Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 16:02:33 -0400
  At 04:20 PM 4/28/2001, Mark Keller wrote: >supply to the fuel pressure regulator, say 10" at idle as opposed to 12...
• STILL running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mike Vanderzanden
  Tue, 22 May 2001 15:29:57 EDT
  ...I swapped fule pressure regulators for a used, but reportedly serviceable regulator and the engine ran the same (i.e. RICH). I then put...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 14:42:30 -0500
  ...The pump puts out excess pressure, the regulator sends the rest back to the tank. You can remove the vacuum line and see if...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:47:58 -0400
  At 08:57 AM 6/5/2002, Stan Wilder wrote: >1980 - 1983 Air Cooled Vanagon pressure regulators, what are the test >pressures?. >1984 - 1991...
• Re: fuel pressure regulator failed?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:18:09 -0400
  ...fuel pressure regulator failed? > > > Hi, > > Did you actually have a fuel pressure regulator fail? If so > it's extremely > unusual. That's one part...
• Re: Fuel Pressure a bit high -- OK???/Probably
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:44:37 EST
  ...He said the fuel pressure should be 29/36 psi spot on; anything else was unacceptable and demanded that the fuel pressure regulator be...
• disc brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Thu, 16 May 2002 08:57:14 -0700
  Who has experience with the pressure regulator for disc brakes on the air cooled vanagons? I have a 1981 vanagon with an interesting problem...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:10:05 -0500
  ...d spence wrote: > What is the function of the vacuum hose that connects to the fuel > pressure regulator? >
• Re: interconnecting two propane tanks
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:45:08 -0400
  Richard <I have the idea of a second propane tank, and interconnecting the low-pressure lines (after the regulators.) Then, I could run one...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 12:49:00 -0400
  ...This translates into the fuel >pressure regulator setting a higher fuel pressure. High fuel pressure is This is wrong. The whole purpose of the...
• Re: Let's fix our Dometic refigerators
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 23 May 1999 21:00:49 -0700
  ...The Dometic manual calls for 11 inches of pressure. The tank regulators are adjustable so I turned up the pressure . I will report the...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:26:11 -0700
  ...how old is the fuel pressure regulator (a bad or going bad fuel pressure regulator could slow to build up fuel pressure) - ? fuel filter...
• Re: fuel pressure question-Again!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 24 May 2001 14:23:39 -0800
  ...less than say 10", will produce higher fuel pressure, which is exactly what the pressure regulator is supposed to do. The vacuum source for...
• Re: Propane Problems! Proxy heater warning!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:11:09 UT
  ...This allows liquid propane to go to the pressure regulator, which can't maintain the required burner pressure properly on liquid. In tests the...
• Re: [Syncro] 2nd propane tank/heater-Dual tank instalation!
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 14:08:32 -0700
  ...The regulator you favor works well with a pair of RV DOT tanks, connected with high-pressure pigtails to the regulator. The regulator is...
• Fuel Pressure Info
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:46:40 -0500
  Hi, A few weeks ago I checked the fuel pressure on my 85. With a calibrated gauge it was running around 4#'s higher...
• Where is the brake pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:40:37 EST
  Hi All, Can someone tell me where the brake pressure regulator (or brake proportioning valve if so equipped) in the Vanagons? Thanks, BenT San...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 19:23:27 -0400
  ...pressure on your gauge goes up because the manifold pressure has gone up (less vacuum), and the regulator is maintaining a constant pressure difference...
• Re: YES - fuel pressure regulator fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:27:58 -0500
  At 10:35 AM 12/30/2001, Stan Wilder wrote: > > Several have suggested removing the the pressure regulator and > > clamping the hose...is this...
• Fuel Pressure Regulator interchange
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 21:49:51 -0400
  Hi Volks, I have a problem with the fuel pressure regulator on my westy. It has an L-jetronic system, as used from 1975...
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:20:37 -0700
  Isn't the fuel pressure regulator doing what you expect the fuel pump relief valve to do? That is, when the fuel pressure exceeds...
• Re: Brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 17:12:11 +0200
  ...Pretty extensive list of parts, including drawings, in a PDF-file Jaap '87 Caravelle diesel > Hi, > > Where do I find a brake pressure regulator...
• Re: Brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:23:18 -0400
  I have these brake pressure regulators in stock if anyone wants one. I have two that were from a dealer overstock buy for $75...
• Fuel pressure regulator reliability question
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:03:00 EST
  Has anyone experienced fuel pressure regulator problems? If so how do they tend to fail/go bad? Are these parts very reliable? Gary ______________________________________________________ Get...
• fuel pressure regulator failed?
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:39:21 +0000
  Hi, Did you actually have a fuel pressure regulator fail? If so it's extremely unusual. That's one part that just doesn't...
• Re: Stumped-Runs Rich/Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:42:29 -0400
  Aileen, First I would pull off the vacuum hose to the fuel pressure regulator and check for raw gas. If so the diaphragm in...
• Re: Bluestar =?windows-1252?Q?project=85no_start_yet?=
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 11 May 2013 14:37:50 -0700
  If you hot wire the fuel pump on, fuel should gush from the return side of the pressure regulator if the fuel supply system...
• Re: NVC [Friday] Natural Gas regulator
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:31:29 -0800
  ...and the stove has not changed behavior since then so I suspect that the natural gas pressure is still good. The regulator on this...
• Re: loud fuel pump.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 08:27:53 -0500
  Where would I find the fuel pressure regulator and how would I go about checking it? thank, greg 82 westy. Jay L Snyder wrote...
• Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 09:28:53 -0800
  ...This translates into the fuel pressure regulator setting a higher fuel pressure. High fuel pressure is possibly a more prevalent problem than we are...
• Re: do we have a vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 10:03:08 -0400
  Hi all, Well, I finally replaced my fuel injectors and fuel pressure regulator. I thought that I would publish my measurements for inclusion into...
• Re: brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:55:36 -0500
  ...I understand everything I need to do except in the bentley it says to" push lever on brake pressure regulator in direction of rear...
• fuel pressure regulator fix?
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:45:51 EST
  Thanks to all that have responded to mt questions reguarding the fuel pressure regulator problem! Too many to thank personally, but know that all...
• Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:50:29 -0700
  With the engine running for the fuel pressure regulator test right ? I had assumed so,. reading your post. there won't be vacuum on...
• Re: Fuel Regulator pt 1 of 3
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 11 May 2001 23:26:58 EDT
  ...It is the fuel pressure regulator that determines the initial pressure that then is acted upon by the manifold pressures, not the pump. The...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Multivan rebuilt motor hiccoughs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:22:43 -0500
  Have you check the fuel pump Fuel filter- clogged Fuel pressure- is there enough pressure Is the vacuume line for the regulator OK Fuel...
• Re: Brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:16:18 -0700
  ...Brake pressure regulator www.wagenteile.com in Germany. Pretty extensive list of parts, including drawings, in a PDF-file Jaap '87 Caravelle diesel > Hi...
• Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:24:00 -0600
  ...Ultimately, the regulator died on a busy >highway in the middle of the night during the rain. Pressure shot up >to 60psi, which caused...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 06:12:25 -0400
  ...odkw=absolute+pressure&_osacat=0&_from=R40 And a nice differential pressure gauge that would do beautifully for the fuel pressure regulator - the Buna...
• Re: Brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:28:51 -0400
  ...Brake pressure regulator Ah yes, www.wagenteile.com, they used to be www.volksteile.com. Anyone want to hazard a guess as to why...
• Re: disc brake pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 16 May 2002 13:58:45 -0400
  ...disc brake pressure regulator Who has experience with the pressure regulator for disc brakes on the air cooled vanagons? I have a 1981 vanagon...