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fuel injector leaks?

April 26, 2017FUEL injector leaks

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fuel injector leaks?

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To: Richard Loken , Volvo Owners Mailing list And we’re off with the Alec D. Isaacson Memorial First Post for ’93 . . . To test a FI for leakage the best thing to do is to actually pull it from the injector port, “hot wire” the fuel pump and watch the tip of the injector. Of course, common sense dictates that one NOT point the tip at ones face or at anything that even remotely has the chance of igniting a potential gas leak. My Haynes guide (for my ’72 164E w/ D-jetronic) lists the proper procedure for the above and tells how to hot wire the pump (all you do is apply +12V to a wire and that runs the fuel pump with the engine off.) I figure others will have the same. While you have the injectors out, you could run a fuel system pressure check as well. Disconnect the cold start valve and put a pressure gauge in its place (I have an old OEM oil pressure gauge that I use). Run the fuel pump for a moment (watching for leaks and taking