must find a way to get home without fuel regulator:100Q fuel
prob
Frederick Smith
smitty at pcrealm.net
Wed Dec 22 19:19:48 EST 2004
Vacuum makes it work, the engine is an air pump................ as the
pistons move down
they draw in air, through the air filter , lifting the air damper plate.
The air damaper plate
moves the valve in the center of the FD and the injectors "squirt".
There isn't any way to
operate the injectors without lifting the plate, that is how it is
supposed to work. If it
doesn't move ("lift") when cranking, then there is a massive leak
somewhere in the
intake tract, the valve timing is off, there is low compression etc.,
etc. Of course if you
have low fuel pressure...............even if the air damper moves, the
pressure may not be
adequate to operate the injectors.
A methodical, step by step diagnosis will find the problem
(and it seems there are a FEWdifferent ones in your case). Get the
vacuum system "tight",
then fix the fuel pressure problem. When that stuff is up to par you
might have a chance at
a total fix, not much hope before that IMHO.
Smitty
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