[T3] Why is it that when I got my 73 SB I never hadtoturnthekey severa...

[William J]

Jim. I've got a question . Today I connected my fuel pressure gauge to check 
the pressure , I use the line that used to go to the cold start valve should 
still be the same pressure . It read 32 PSI because I was told a while back 
raising it might help with the ethonal fuel here. I adjusted it back to 28 
PSI and watched after shutdown it dropped to 22 PSI then after 5 minutes it 
rose to 23 PSI then got just under 28 PSI then after 10 minutes it was back 
to 26 . I started it twice with the same result . I've never seen it raise 
and each time I only ran the engine 5 minutes just long enough to adjust the 
pressure the engine was not hot yet the fuel line to the gauge was warm. I 
checked the gauge and it was 22 PSI engine off just keyed on/off to build 
pressure before I started it . I can't imagine it's the gauge because it 
read the 22 PSI priming and when adjusting the regulator it rose and fell 
and held steady. I'm going to let it sit and check where it is later.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Why is it that when I got my 73 SB I never hadtoturnthekey 
severa...


> On 10 Aug 2017 at 9:47, William J wrote:
>
>> Keith what was the issue you had that you needed your pump rebuilt? I get
>> the impression even Jim uses a primer switch as other do even with stock 
>> OE
>> pumps . I may be wrong if Jim uses a switch.
>
> All my Type 3s have a primer switch, both those with pumps that I've 
> rebuilt
> and pumps that remain untouched. it's such a simple solution to a common
> problem that I just applied it everywhere.
>
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