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Originally Posted by NYNick View Post
For the hot start problem, I'd replace the fuel accumulator. Easy peasy.
The previous owner said he did that at some point, so I was looking elsewhere. My understanding of the fuel accumulator was that it was a spring loaded diaphragm, that basically held fuel pressure on the system so that on a hot restart the system didn't have to build pressure. Would a failed accumulator show up on my pressure test above? It held pressure for 35 minutes and looked to be in specification.
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