[T3] TWO Successful Repairs!!!

[John Riley]

On 9/16/2023 11:00 AM, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 15 Sep 2023 at 19:38, Keith Park wrote:
>   
> the fuel pressure regulator that Keith sent
> me for a post mortem, after it started delivering fuel at higher and higher
> pressure.
>
> It wasn't until years later that I realized that dependable pressure regulation
> depended on one side of that diaphram having a good vent to atmosphere.
> The adjusting screw threads were enough when those parts were new, but
> rust eventually clogs them up.
>
> In my case, the problem was excessive richness, but that wasn't immediately
> clear from the symptoms.
>
I'm curious, if you were experiencing running rich and it were due to 
the pressure regulator not having "a good vent to atmosphere", wold the 
regulator be running at a higher psi than you set it at?  I think that's 
what you're saying in the first paragraph above.

Thanks
John  1971 FIAT Sqaureback

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