Fuel accumulator

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Greg Taylor, Jun 9, 2004.

  1. Greg Taylor

    Greg Taylor Guest

    Hello there,
    can this unit be cleaned,also how can one tell if unit is bad.
    Thank you
     
    Greg Taylor, Jun 9, 2004
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  2. Greg Taylor

    Mike F Guest

    There's nothing to clean. They pretty well either work or leak. It's
    designed to maintain pressure in the system after a shutdown to aid hot
    starting. If yours isn't leaking and your car starts fine hot, then
    leave it alone.

    --
    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

    NOTE: new address!!
    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
    (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
     
    Mike F, Jun 9, 2004
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  3. Greg Taylor

    Blink Guest

    Hi,
    If you suspect its diaphragm is perforated you can remove the accumulator
    and quickly drain it. Then shake it near your ear. If you hear gas
    sloshing around in it then it is likely the diaphragm is perforated (gas
    trapped on dry side of diaphragm). This is how I found mine to be
    defective. Checking my system pressures it "just" fell within spec but the
    engine would not start after it resting between 10 to 90 minutes when turned
    off from a hot condition. Hope that helps.

    Chris
     
    Blink, Jun 12, 2004
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