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• Re: Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:52:32 -0800
  ...Van will start, > run for few minutes, then stall, and fuel pressure and fuel pump continue > to cycle fuel. My good '81 Pressure Regulator...
• Re: low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:23:17 -0700
  ...Is this the fuel pressure regulator? I've got a spare fuel >pressure regulator from a _used_ engine that I can swap in tomorrow...
• 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 - 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 - 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: 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...
• 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 - 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: 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 - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:16 -0500
  Pretty close, It actually regulates engine fuel mixture working along with injector dwell. The fuel pressure regulator governs the amount of fuel "returned to...
• 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...
• 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 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: 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...
• 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: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:20:28 -0700
  ...the function of the vacuum hose that connects to the fuel > pressure regulator? > -- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com
• 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 19:23:27 -0400
  ...fuel pressure on your gauge goes up because the manifold pressure has gone up (less vacuum), and the regulator is maintaining a constant pressure...
• 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: 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: 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...
• Tiico Fuel Rail upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:01:27 -0400
  ...Bascially this is a fuel rail from a '91 Jetta and the injectors from the Jetta along with a new fuel pressure regulator. The...
• 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...
• Fuel pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:22:18 EST
  ...Would a properly functioning fuel pressure regulator allow the reverse flow of fuel through the system at a rate to sufficient to cause this...
• 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: 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: Fuel flow issue 83.5 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 24 May 2015 20:13:27 -0700
  ...The engine has to be running so it can pull a vacuum at vacuum hose to the fuel pressure regulator. This pulls the diaphram...
• Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:58:59 -0500
  ...Van will start, run for few minutes, then stall, and fuel pressure and fuel pump continue to cycle fuel. My good '81 Pressure Regulator...
• 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...
• 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...
• Re: Fuel Pressure a bit high -- OK???
  Historical mailing list - Greg O
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:01:04 -0600
  ...my fuel pressure regulator yesterday on my 84 1.9l and found almost exactly the same thing. My previous regulator died & the pressure went...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:10:26 -0800
  The problem with sticking the hose in the temporary fuel tank or beaker of gas is that the fuel pressure regulator is returning unused...
• low fuel pressure and lean engine
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:25:01 -0700
  ...Is this the fuel pressure regulator? I've got a spare fuel pressure regulator from a _used_ engine that I can swap in tomorrow...
• Re: mileage down after fuel hose change
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:50:56 -0400
  Might be a disconnected fuel pressure regulator. It's the highest thing on the top of the engine. Has three fuel hoses attached to...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 10:08:23 -0800
  The fuel pressure regulator internal diaphram may have a hole in it allowing fuel to leak into the vacuum line that connects it to...
• O2 sensor premature failure.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 7 May 2001 21:31:20 -0800
  ...If the fuel pressure regulator is worn or stuck, high fuel pressure will cause a rich mixture, that the computer cannot compensate for. Result...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 14:42:30 -0500
  What is your (FI) problem? How often do need to diagnose your fuel pressure? You certainly can leave a guage and hose on the...
• Re: YES - fuel pressure regulator fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:27:58 -0500
  ...The regulator works to constantly adjust the fuel pressure so that the pressure through the injectors is always the same. This means that every...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 23:36:28 -0700
  ...the Fuel Pressure regulator is affected by engine vacuum.. more open throttle ..lower vacuum ..equals higher fuel pressure. it's even a test for...
• Re: Fuel pump pressure
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:05:40 -0400
  ...The Vanagon fuel rail regulates its pressure with a regulator that constantly dumps excess fuel back to the tank. Upstream of the regulator you...
• 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: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:13:35 -0400
  ...by the fuel pressure regulator ) Actually the fuel pressure is *not* a variable, since the function of the fuel pressure regulator is not to...
• 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...
• STILL running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mike Vanderzanden
  Tue, 22 May 2001 15:29:57 EDT
  ...pressures IDENTICAL to what my regulator gave. I then tested with another, supposedly more reliable pressure gage and found that the fuel pressure was...
• fuel pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:44:00 -0500
  Dear List, Is replacement of the fuel pressure regulator on my Wasserboxer wise preventative maintenance after 16.5 years? Do they inevitably wear out...
• A2 injectors for Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stanford
  Tue, 14 May 2002 09:45:42 EDT
  ...I scored a set of A2 injectors, fuel rail, and fuel pressure regulator from a 91 1.8 Jetta. Will these injectors work with...
• Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:31:16 -0700
  ...Then test fuel pressure before and after manually applying a reasonable known vacuum pressure to the regulator vacuum connection. Mark
• Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:57:12 -0500
  I think the majority of the fuel line failures could possibly be linked to failed fuel regulators. If this item fails, your line pressure...
• 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: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:24:00 -0600
  ...block, right? > >The pressure should be 29psi, steady and 36psi when you disconnect the >vacuum hose. > > >The fuel pressure regulator is like $75. I...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:04:07 -0500
  ...85 gl still running rich at vw shop. > The fuel pressure regulator internal diaphram may have a hole in it > allowing fuel to leak...
• Re: adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator?...anyone tried one with Digifant?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:19:17 -0400
  ...These regulators don't have the provision for manifold pressure, (vacuum) compensation making for rich mixture during part throttle deceleration. Fuel mixture needs to...
• Fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:09:39 -0800
  ...guy getting significant power increases using an adjustable fuel pressure regulator and tweeking the pressure between runs...I think it probably had something to...