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Re: [alfa] FISPA Device instead of alternative Spica fuel pump?



These "FISPA devices" are just regular check valves.  They block fuel backflow (potentially dirty) to the injection pump.  The earlier SPICA cars did not have them.   -Farzsan


> I took the FISPA device, which I'm assuming to be a pressure regualtor, and 
> installed it on the output side of the injection pump in the '73 
> berlina.  Before the installation, the Berlina's fuel pressure light would 
> come on with the ignition and never go off;  after FISPA device 
> installation, the pressure light goes on for a second then goes off - 
> engine not started in either case.
> 
> The Berlina starts, idles and revs fine, and the fuel pressure light stays 
> off.  However  this is a static test in the garage and I didn't drive or 
> road rest it.  The fuel pump buzzes normally, not labored (as when the 
> output fuel line is totally pinched off).
> 
> Unfortunately it is pouring rain, and Easter dinner is on the table.  More 
> to come...
> 
> //kct, Powell TN
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