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Subject:Re: A rod bender?
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Tue, 2 May 2000 14:26:44 -0700

Ahh, yes, now I see!  On my '84 the routing from the fuel pressure
regulator is to a tee off the throttle body, not to the intake plenum
like the later models. Same result, just not as obvious to me.

David Beierl wrote:
>
> At 15:16 5/2/2000, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> >I don't exactly understand how gas got into your cylinders.  The fuel
> >pressure regulator is connected to the injectors, and cannot directly
> >dump fuel inside the engine.  If the part itself split in half gas would
>
> If the diaphragm is punctured, fuel will squirt through the vacuum hose
> straight into the intake plenum...you knew that, you just forgot.
>
> david
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
>   http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"

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