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Old 05-24-2012, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by whunter View Post
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* You do not want to drain the injection pump, because diesel fuel is the only lubrication of the delivery valves + it will seriously increase the difficulty of restarting the engine after testing.

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True for the VE pump and other fuel lubricated pumps, but not the inline Bosch pumps, which is lubricated by engine oil. Am I right or wrong?
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