Raider's Neverending love/hate with Christine

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Mauro_Penguin said:
The internals were a bitch to pry apart. They were caked with carbon (maybe?) or whatever crud that comes in 'Murican Petrol. Here are some pics of the initial cleaning I gave them last week, when we realized that it would be best to replace them along with the relief valve. View attachment 11406 View attachment 11407 View attachment 11408 View attachment 11409
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I used non-chlorinated brake cleaner (didnt have naphta or lighter fluid), paper towels and a whole lot of patience. Gave them a final soak in SL1. Lubed everything including the o-rings with motor oil and SL1 accordingly.

My guess is the relief valve got stuck open from crap, and the pump started working overtime to keep fuel pressure high until all the crud built up on the internals. It's a great thing that the spill valve still works since I'm sure it was stuck open also trying to feed fuel.

We switched internals first since they were risky to reuse, cranked the engine with gas pedal down just to get oil and fuel moving into the HPFP. Pressure was still down so we swapped the relief valve. We used the turbo oil feed copper washer on the new relief valve (did it on mine a few weeks ago), and viola!!! Pressure was back.

The corksport internals were surprisingly nice. The included tool is to tap the keeper cup down on the piston without fucking up any hardware. Instead of wedge style valve keepers like the OEM design, corksport uses a cup and plate assembly that has to get pressed down in order to stay on the piston assembly. I have no idea how it would come apart for cleaning, maybe a wide flathead and some careful wedging... But the fact that they come with a new spring is nice. So far so good!
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Sounds like I may be having a similar issue, I'm going to redo the internals, but where is the relief valve located?
 
Sad post is sad.


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With my 1st of 4 spine surgery relating to my crash in 2021 postponed for who knows how long, and my inability to drive a manual due to pain, my speed is for sale. 164k miles, 4k on built motor. Builder is a local master tech with Mazda and has many years of experience in Mazdaspeeds. A $16k 1 owner clean Carfax speed if you know someone who won't be a flipper or alpaca headed asshat. Ordered 10/10/06, summoned from the gates of Hell 10/20/06, and delivered 12/20/06.

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I so sorry to see. If it helps on the road to better life choices recovering from back problems now or ahead.... excellent choice for life and God I pray...less pain.
Always in my thoughts.
 
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