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Old 11-30-06, 09:00 PM
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Question New pulsation damper leaking?

I paid 135 bucks for a new one from mazdatrix. I put it on last weekend. Today I smelled gas. I can see liquid under the UIM. Has anyone else had this happen? I think it has to be the PD. I have all new hoses. Maybe it's leaking around the crush washer, but I doubt it. I'm wondering if those parts are left over from 1988? If they're old the rubber would be shot, even if they weren't used, if they were stored in a warehouse without climate control.
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Take off your UIM, pressurize the system, and find out what's leaking.
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That's my plan, but it sucks that I have to do that. I just changed the engine, and I'm kinda tired of working on cars right now.
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Did you reuse the old crush washers? If you did, they can leak. Also if you overtightened and split them.
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wait, do you have to pull the injectors to change the PD? b/c it's easy to not seat them correctly and leak
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I re-used the crush washers, and that may be the problem. I have a new one (the special one) to put on, if that's the problem. I cleaned and de-burred the old ones before I re-used them. I was just curious to see if anyone had a new PD leak on them. I hope it's just the washers. Luckily I have something else to drive. It's too cols to work on it right now. You don't have to remove the injectors to change the PD. When I changed the engine I had my injectors professionally serviced. They're not leaking.
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