Had a small oil fire following cam cover gasket failure which melted the three vac pipes running above the wiring loom on pasenger side. I have had a look at Mark's very helpful vac diagram and now think my vac system was not connected correctly before the fire! I have the vac reservoir at the front. One of the pipes is not connected to it and has in fact been deliberately blocked off (not by me). Reservoir faulty perhaps? Hence one of the three pipes was not doing anything anyway. However, engine was running ok I thought but perhaps there is some hidden power that I have not experienced! Is it possible that someone has bypassed the reservoir and taken vac supply from somewhere else? Mark's diagram also mentioned that the vac supply to the two solenoid valves should be to the side pipe with the supply to the activators coming from the nose pipe. On my rear valve the connections are the other way round but that appears to be how it is connected in the Haynes manual picture. Is this ok? Thought I would connect everything up as per the diagram and maybe this will tell me if the front reservoir is faulty. Is there any other way of checking it?
Finally, can someone please tell me where the vac intake to the fuel pressure regulator (stainless thingy connected to the fuel rail at the rear of the plenum) should be connected to?
Thanks
Geoff