

| Subject: | Re: Fuel flow regulator |
| From: | John Rodgers |
| Date: | Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:26:47 -0500 |
Got it. I found the nipple that hose attaches to and it is now connected. I do not see any place I can attach that brown/black striped wire to. On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 11:34 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > You might be right! > John, > There are 4 hoses to the FPR. 2 on the pressure side of things, the return > to the fuel tank, and the small line is a vacuum line to the intake > manifold. The purpose is to adjust fuel pressure to match manifold absolute > pressure, aka vacuum. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 12:09 PM > To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > Subject: Re: Fuel flow regulator > > Hey Dennis, > > You think John might be referring , cut hose, to the fabric covered vacuum > line from press reg to the intake plenum? > > Alistair > > > On Jun 13, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > The center port on the fuel pressure regulator is the return to the > fuel tank. The brown wire with the black strip in the distributor narness > is the most important ground for the Fuel injection and ignition system. It > is also the reference for the O2 circuit. Often this is placed under one of > the breather tower screws. The plastic tower makes for a lousy connection. > I usually place this under one of the FPR mounting screws. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of > John Rodgers > > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 11:53 AM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Subject: Fuel flow regulator > > > > OK, Vanagon Gang, I am ready to star the 2.1 litre engine in my ,91 > Carat, but i have found two things that have me puzzld and I don't know > where they go. > > > > (1) there is a very short piece of hose on the back of the fuel > regulator. > > It appears to have been cut. It would be easy fix, but Bentley is as > clear as mud for the use of that hose and where it should attach opposite > the regulator. Page 24.46 I think. Any ideas? > > > > (2) in the bundle of four wire that go to the hall sender connector, > there are three that go into the connector itself. There is a fourth wire - > brown with black stripe - with a loop fitting on the end. Definitely looks > like a screw goes thru it to ground it somewhere, but I can't find a > reference to it or where it goes. ANY ideas would be appreciated! > >
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