Re: Thing in the fuel line

[Patrick Burns <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike Ahern wrote:
> Hi, I have an 83 528e.  There is a brass colored canister that was in my fuel
> line right before the line goes to the injectors. It looks like a fuel filter
> but I can see right through it.  A guy at the autoparts store called it an
> "accumulator'?  
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> I do without it?
 
Possibly, but it's probably not a good idea. Its purpose it twofold. It damps
out pressure fluctuations in the fuel rail when an injector opens and closes,
and it helps to hold fuel pressure in the rail for a while after you shut the
engine off (depending on various leaks within the system).

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