[T3] Fuel Primer.Switch..
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Sat Sep 29 08:50:34 PDT 2018
On 29 Sep 2018 at 10:44, Keith Park wrote:
> Yea, not sure what would hold it from opening properly except maybe an
> excessively stiff diaphragm.
If there had been some sort of crud or buildup on the diaphram, that
might have done it, but it would have taken a lot and there was
nothing.
I'm thinking a "rolling" clog in the steel return line in the pan.
Consider adding a fuel system cleaner like SeaFoam to a couple tanks,
if only as a preventative measure, just in case.
There's also a small vent hole to the chamber on the air side of the
diaphram. It faces down and has to be open for the regulator to work
properly. If that got blocked, and if the diaphram was some sort of
plastic, then vapor that diffused thru from the gas side could have
built up pressure on the air side, which would have increased the
fuel pressure. If you have this problem again, you might try clearing
that hole with a straightened paperclip. That hole might be hard to
find with the regulator in place, but still less work than replacing
the regulator.
And it still doesn't explain why you've had this problem twice and no
one else has.
> And I do find it amazing that these diaphragms are still servicable after 50
> years in Gasoline, ethanol and all!
I'm afraid that was so long ago that I don't remember what the
diaphram was made of. Was it metal or some sort of plastic?
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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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