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RexS · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 22 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

I've got a 1980 924na that had been sitting for 6 years. New fuel pumps and soft fuel lines and fuel filter. It started and ran! OK at full throttle but at the bottom end, it was staggering a bit.

I thought I'd take apart the fuel distributor and clean it...even after what I read here.

I took it apart and it is now clean as a whistle put it back in the car but only the starting injector got gas. I took another swing at the cleaning and went just a little farther into it. I popped the 4 little allen wrench headed caps off of the top and found another little allen wrench insert. Here is where I think I made a mistake. I took them out. They had a conical end and a little "O" ring. They had some crud on them and now they gleam. Of course, they probably are some sort of adjuster and I have now lost their original settings.

How big a problem have I created?
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

You have to buy a new fuel distributor, those are not serviceable..at least not by DIYers. Dont mess with the fuel distributor ever again...they are very rarely cloged(fuel filters do work)...and when they are..just buy a good one.

The staggering probably comes from poor mixture and spark advance settings or vacum leaks..
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bnoon · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:27 am Post subject:

I totally disagree. I rebuilt and sold a few distributors and they were great. Never had any issues rebuilding them. Biggest thing is to make sure the O-rings are properly sized and don't tear when it goes together.
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9095 Location: Romania

you took them fully appart and when you put them back together they didnt leak?

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RexS · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 22 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Does anyone know where I can lay my hands on an exploded view of an early '80s fuel distributor?
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kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

http://www.porsche928forums.com/download/manuals/CISRebuild.pdf
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bnoon · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:36 pm Post subject:

RexS · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 22 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

I appreciate the info and the article is great. But on page 4 it shows a fuel distributor with just banjo-bolts and lines running off (presumably) to the injectors. Then on page 10 it shows more like what I have. The little adjusters set aside each banjo-bolt.

The article is silent about them.

I agree that I can get the distributor back in the car and I think I can do it without a leak. I'm just not sure how to set up those adjusters to get the car running.
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kcoyle · Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 712 Location: Long Island, NY

Sorry, I don't know what those are. My car does not seem to have them. (82 turbo)

Is there a part number on it? Maybe this can help.

http://www.specialtauto.com/porsche-parts/index.html
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RexS · Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 22 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Right along side each banjo-bolt in your picture is a little allen head cap screw. If you back that out, it is just a cover for another allen wrench inset pin with a little O-ring. The end of the pin appears to reach down and limit the travel of the little hat ring at the end of the spring under the banjo-bolt.

How do I upload pictures?
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Kens_74_911s · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:12 am Post subject: cis

Thanks for that link, kcoyle!
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Kens_74_911s · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: