I need a political solution to my racist fuel injection problem

R Mangas porter_dog at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 20 08:50:55 EST 2002



  Excellent!  Let us know how it works out.

Robert



>From: "Timofej H. Crift" <timofej.crift at att.net>
>Reply-To: <tcrift at criftassoc.com>
>To: "R Mangas" <porter_dog at hotmail.com>
>CC: "Quattro at Audifans. Com" <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: I need a political solution to my racist fuel injection
>problem
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:42:42 -0500
>
>You convinced me.  That is all those $250 units are.  Add a couple of bucks
>for a pressure regulator and you can perform the opening pressure tests, et
>al.  I will be going to Home Depot in the morning to pick up the pipe...
>
>Here is the url to a couple of the premade units.
>
>http://www.ntxtools.com/fuelsystem/tu470.htm#P0_14
>
>
>
>Tim Crift
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: R Mangas [mailto:porter_dog at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:34 PM
>To: tcrift at criftassoc.com; ssgacc at yahoo.com
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: I need a political solution to my racist fuel injection
>problem
>
>
>
>
>    I like the idea.  It seems like it would be a simple excercise to build
>a
>cleaner out of black pipe and caps.  Fill it with solvent, either screw the
>injector or an injector line into one tapped cap and use shop air to
>pressurize the can.  Should cost all of $6.  With proper tools you could
>make the same thing out of billet, but that would increase cost...
>
>Robert
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Timofej H. Crift" <timofej.crift at att.net>
> >Reply-To: <tcrift at criftassoc.com>
> >To: "james accordino" <ssgacc at yahoo.com>
> >CC: "audi list" <quattro at audifans.com>
> >Subject: RE: I need a political solution to my racist fuel injection
> >problem
> >Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:09:24 -0500
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >I live right next to Whippany, so I did a quick YP search to see if they
> >were still there, but the name or shop no longer exists. I will call
>around
> >to see if any shops have them.  If that does not work, I have seen some
>of
> >the new canister type universal cleaners/testers, but they run for $250.
>I
> >could also make one with all of the spare gauges, fuel lines and banjo
> >fittings I have lying around.  I guess it is just time to get new
> >injectors.
> >I just hate to do it since I have about two dozen lying around and I'm
>sure
> >most will be useable if checked or cleaned
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Tim Crift
> >
> >--
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: james accordino [mailto:ssgacc at yahoo.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:57 PM
> >To: tcrift at criftassoc.com
> >Cc: audi list
> >Subject: Re: I need a political solution to my racist fuel injection
> >problem
> >
> >
> >Along the lines of cleaning injectors, did ANYONE ever
> >see this tool?  I worked for a time at European
> >Imports on Rt. 10 East in Whippany, NJ.  They had a
> >tool that worked like this.  You screwed the injector
> >onto a fitting.  Attached to that was a chamber filled
> >with a cleaning solution.  I don't know what the
> >solution was exactly.  There is a lever that's a hand
> >pressure pump.  When you pump the lever you pressurize
> >the cleaning solution and force it through the
> >injector.  The injector is aimed into a clear tube, so
> >you can watch the spray pattern as you go.  It worked
> >really well.  I literally watched horrible injector
> >regain beautiful cone shapes within 1 minute of
> >starting.  This device had a label on it, so it was a
> >commerically manufactured device.  Size was about 3-4
> >inches wide, 16-18 inches long and about a foot high.
> >This was more than 10 yrs. ago and I didn't much care
> >about work OR import cars at that time.
> >
> >Jim Accordino
> >
> >--- "Timofej H. Crift" <timofej.crift at att.net> wrote:
> > > I am making progress with my hot acceleration
> > > problem on my 1984 CIS coupe.
> > > I swapped out the fuel distributor with a known good
> > > unit and along with the
> > > injectors, frequency valve, etc.  So now instead of
> > > a hot acceleration/power
> > > problem I have a hot rough idle problem.  The
> > > control pressure is still good
> > > @ 52psi and the system pressure is now up to 73 psi
> > > and steady when hot.  I
> > > checked the injector spray pattern before putting
> > > them in and while they
> > > appear to be even, when the fuel metering plate is
> > > raised slightly
> > > (simulated idle) the spray pattern is not conical.
> > > Has anyone gone through
> > > the injector spray tests without the special testing
> > > tools listed in the
> > > Bentley? Should I just replace the injectors at this
> > > point and rule them
> > > out.  The archives led me to some posts where people
> > > have cleaned injectors
> > > with 1000psi of compressed air.  How about 120psi
> > > from a regular compressor.
> > > Any BTDT's would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Off to start with the basics (compression, ignition,
> > > etc.)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tim Crift
> > >
> > > --
> > > '84 CoupeGT putting along
> > > '95 90Q with deer implanted firmly in nose
> > > '99 A8 just waiting...
> > >
> >
> >
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