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Old 23rd July 2009, 01:43 PM
mr henderson mr henderson is offline
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Originally Posted by Bonzo View Post
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But I would imagine if you disconnect the fuel rail feed pipe & turned the igniton on, you would get a powerfull constant flow of petrol. This has been the case when I have checked for fuel in the past on an electric pump system.

This has been my experience too, but although the Sierra manual doesn't cover that particular engine, it does mention a fuel flow damper on the output of the fule pump, so I think maybe as there is an initial surge, maybe the damper comes into effect to slow it down?
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