Was ist das?
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It's the fuel distributor so those are fuel lines, they should be braided with banjo fittings. K-Jet or whatever that version uses
They're ALL K-jet, 1981 means it is probably K-jet/Lambda. If it's Lambda, it will have an O2 sensor and what looks for all the world like a fuel injector spliced into one of the fuel lines. That's because that is exactly what it is, they regulate air/fuel ratio by bleeding fuel pressure between one point in the system and another by using an injector as a dump valve.
I have never seen any flavor of K-jet that didn't use either braided lines or steel hardline, depending on if the fuel distributor was mounted to the body or directly on the engine (Mercedes, mainly).
I was going to guess the lines that run from the oil metering pump to the oil injectors on the housing....
Yes, I know it's a BMW :p
Ahh, that makes sense now. Primitive fuel injection.
Both of my E21's had those same fuel lines. I've never seen one with braided lines.
Knurled wrote: I have never seen any flavor of K-jet that didn't use either braided lines or steel hardline,
I think that's dependent on fuel pressures in the system. Turbo Volvos use braided lines, normally-aspirated ones use nylon, or some sort of hard plastic.
In reply to EvanR:
They all should use the same pressures. K-jet injectors/nozzles need something like 50-55psi to open. Is why the fuel pump has to crank out 85-110psi or so.
I wonder if they did that for heat reasons?
The lines from the distributor to the injectors and WUR were those clear plastic or whatever they are lines. The lines from the pump and the return lines were braided, but it was like a nylon or cloth braided sleeve. It wasn't steel.
Neat!
I've never seen a CIS Volvo or BMW in person, just VWAG and Mercedes.
Technically I saw a turbo Esprit but it was very dark out.
Knurled wrote: Neat! I've never seen a CIS Volvo or BMW in person, just VWAG and Mercedes. Technically I saw a turbo Esprit but it was very dark out.
Same here, MB and VW but I've had BMWs of that vintage and never noticed.
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