[alfa] Hello Again and 164 Fuel Pump Removal x 3

[John.Wiltshire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello again Alfisti,

It has been more than a year since I have posted to the list.  It has been
a year with many ups and downs, but I've continued to read the digest
occasionally even though I've made no contributions.  My 164 is still going
strong :-), although it has absorbed a fair bit of cash during this last
year :-(

The problems of the short fuel hose in the tank splitting and the consequet
hard starting are well documented.  I had this problem about two years ago
- I pulled the pump out and the hose appeared OK.  I replaced it anyway,
but the hard starting persisted.

The problem turned out to be the fuel pressure regulator.  It must have an
internal diagpragm that had split - when I pulled the vacuum hose, fuel
spurted out.  This was the reason for the drop in fuel pressure.

You can check the regulator in a few seconds by pulling the vacuum hose off
it.  Changing the regulator takes about five minutes.  Worth checking first
before you spend an afternoon in the boot!!

Cheers,
John Wiltshire
Sydney Australia
'89 164

PS - sorry if this has appearded twice - I'm re-setting up my address book!
they are addressed. 

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