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After Run Devices



In message <3.0.3.32.19980719031224.00954690@mail.frii.com> Brooks Ellis writes:

> I haven't _noticed_ the aux after run pump going, but I'm not sure if I
> would notice it or not anyway. (!)

You won't - it's very quiet.  Stethoscope job.  Also - the main failure
mode is the impellor becoming detached.  Just because the motor's
running, it doesn't mean it's pumping.  The only reliable test is off
the car, with a bucket of water.

> >Injector cooling relates to preventing gasification of fuel prior to
> <...>
> >The cooling function is initiated by the thermo switch which is
>
> I found that (after I plugged it back in) the injector cooling fan _would_
> come on when it was excessivly hot. I walked out to my car, and noticed a
> different noise coming from under the hood - it was the injector blower
> blowing air over the injectors (and out the little hole on top of the
> injector 'shroud').

Think of it more as a fuel line cooler, rather than as an injector
cooler.

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 Phil Payne
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