[Vwdiesel] Rabbit droppings # 61 ----( now is the time for all goodmen to-------)

James Hansen jhsg at sasktel.net
Tue Apr 13 02:37:17 EDT 2004


> Do we really need this ??? yes , looking in archives I catch
> things like  Steel in
> injection lines getting brittle with age ?   that is contrary to
> my thinking.
> So James Hansen would you clear up that one ?.

Repeated flexing/stressing of any steel line will make it brittle.
Especially bad to adjust pump without cracking lines. In theory, the line is
expanding and contracting a tad with every injection pulse. Might add to the
overall metal fatigue with age thing.
-J

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