[DML] Re: TESTING THE FUEL ACCUMULATOR

["bitsyncmater" <david.mckeen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Peter Lucas <lucas@...> wrote:
> 
> 3) The "rest pressure hold time" spec in the shop manual is not  
> adequate (at least not for a 25 year old engine).  Although my car  
> always met the spec, it nonetheless exhibited problems starting when  
> warm that were cured by a new accumulator.
> 
> --Pete Lucas
>    VIN #06703

I completely agree that the 10 minuet test will only find a real bad 
accumulator.  For your information....My rest pressure time to drop to 
zero PSI is three hours.  With my car, a restart from 3 hours to 4 
hours on a 100 degree day will show the warm start issue.


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