Fuel pump question

[dagnamit at gmail.com (Brian Wagner)]

The accumulator acts as a surge suppressor and volume resiviour.

On 5/3/05, Parker Wulf <badvdub@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thats what i thought it was at first. After i replaced the copper
> washers, i found that the banjo bolt was so rusty that it had a pin
> hole in it and was leaking there.
> 
> SO i thought if i just replaced the banjo bolt/hose to the accumulator
> I could get by, nope accumulator rusty as hell, cant get hoses off.
> So i figured i try and run without all that crap.
> 
> What the hell does the accumulator do by the way?
> 
> thanks
> Parker
> 1987 Scirocco 2.0 16v
> > No idea, but for the leaky banjo bolt, when they say "always replace" for
> > those copper washers, they mean "always replace". I recently installed a
> > used pump with new washers, it was defective (but didn't leak), so I then
> > installed the new pump with those same washers, and it leaked. I put on new
> > washers Saturday, and no leaks. I'm planning to stockpile a few of the
> > various washers, just so I have them. My experience with reusing washers
> > has not been good. I do know there are supposed to be vapour lock issues if
> > things get hot, so watch for bad hot starting.
> >
> > cathy
> >
> >
> 
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