Bret:
I'd first check the fabric covered fuel lines between the #1 injector and the
fuel pump, as well as the lines between each injector.  They will crack with
age and can spill quite a bit of fuel if there is a complete break through.  If
you find the leak here, replace all of these lines.

Maynard Southard  (OvO) '79
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On Friday, November 22, 2002 10:17 PM, bret@STONEFLYTECH.COM wrote:
> After an enjoyable night spent watching the Leonids meteor show with two of
> my children, I returned home to find that my 1982 Diesel Westfalia was
> pouring fuel out of the diesel injection pump.  I didn't get a good look at
> exactly where on the pump it was leaking.  Does anyone know the common
> failure modes on these pumps that would produce a stream of fuel, and what
> kind of a repair project I am looking at?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> -bret
>
> 1982 Diesel Westfalia
> Saint George, Utah