Re: <E28> Do not buy Fuel Pressure Regulators from WorldPac or Subsidiarys

["David Orr" <orrs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ron,

I'm suprised you did burn a piston with that much heat. Does the engine
still have
the same amount of power as it used to?

Dave Orr
88 528e

> Hi All,
>
> I just returned from the Dealer with my new BMW fuel pressure regulator.
I
> changed it out for the "New" one from thepartsbin.com, apparently supplied
> by worldpac warehouse, who also supplies trolhatten.com, and a few other
> websites..   The one I got from them is in fact a bosch product, and fits
> right onto the feul rail on the 535i engine (M30) however , when I pulled
it
> off to replace it with the one from the dealer, I noticed it was rated at
> 2.5 BAR.  and the one from the dealer is rated at 3.0 BAR, which means
that
> the warehouse is selling miscalibrated fuel pressure regulators for E28
535i
> engines.  So if your shopping around, don't buy one from them. I suspect
> they got a bunch somewhere on surplus from Bosch that were mismade, or
> belong on another engine, and decided that the 0.5 difference was not
enough
> of a difference.
>
> Well my situation proved it.  They cause problems,. almost disastrous ones
> in fact.  Aside from that who knows what kind of damage can be done from
an
> engine running lean.
>
> Cheers
> Ron J
> 85 535i with proper fuel pressure now
> 73 911s 2.7 (waiting in the garage for paint and warm weather)

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