F1 Accumulator

I accidentally deleted the post when I tried to edit it. Here goes. I have a 360 F1. When I open the door, the pump doesn't take longer than normal to pressurize the system. When the car is running the pump is on about half of the time. I read it should only come on every couple minutes. To me it sounds like the accumulator not doing it's job. Does that sound right? Also I read on here about a guy changing it on his 355 without having to bleed the system. Is this possible? The nearest SD2 is 250 miles away and I don't know if my chinese diagnostic tool (Foxwell 520) will bleed the system. If I have trailer it there to bleed it, so be it, but I'd rather not.

 

It's on like half the time just idling in neutral. When it is off it takes a good 5-10 minutes to need to pressurize again when I open the door, but it only takes a couple seconds.

 

Half of the time might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it comes on much more frequently than every 2 minutes. I unfortunately haven't even seen my car in months since it's in storage in this frozen wasteland. I would say from memory that it would come on every 15 seconds or so for a few seconds.

 

I've put on a good two thousand miles on it with it's present condition. I figure it's just extra wear and tear on the F1 relay and pump. I just don't want to be stranded when the pump burns out. I will be tearing into the car for various odds and ends when it finally gets above freezing and figure that while I'm in there..... might as well do it.