The most common cause for this is a cracked bleed line.

Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com

Quoting OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> I seem to be collecting fuel at the base of the #2 injector on the '87
> 603 engine, but I can't tell where it's coming from. It's not obvious.
> There is also a light coating of fuel on top of the injection pump. I
> hung 4X5 inch film between the IP and the fuel filter, and another
> peice between the IP and the block to try to see if the fuel was
> coming from one place and spraying around, but didn't detect any.
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> > > It does beg the question what is the plastic collar for?
> >
> > Not sure except to distinguish between vertical and inclined
> injectors!
> > There may be another reason, but I don't know what it is. May be to
> > prevent/minimize the accumulation of any wetness (fuel or water) at
> the
> > base of the injector(s).
> >
> > Marshall
> 
> --
> OK Don, KD5NRO
> Norman, OK
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