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Vacuum Delay Valve: Testing and Inspection

Types Of Vacuum Delay Valves

Vacuum Delay & Vacuum Retard Delay Valves

NOTE:  Vacuum Delay Valves (VDVs) are Black on one side and colored on the other. Vacuum Retard Delay Valves (VRDVs) are White on one side
and colored on the other.

1. Connect a hand vacuum pump, to one side of the delay valve.

2. When vacuum is applied to a VDV or a VRDV, vacuum should hold on one side only, then visibly decrease slowly.

Vacuum Delay Valves

Vacuum Retard Delay Valves

Black & Color

Time (seconds) 

White & Color

    Gold 

<

.35

>

Gold

    Gray

<

1-4

>

Gray

    Brown

<

2-5

>

Brown

    White

<

4-12

               

4-15

>

Pink

    Yellow

<

5-14

>

Yellow

    Blue

<

7-16

    Green

<

9-20

>

Green

    Lt. Green

<

13-24

    Red

<

15-28 >

Red

    

60

>

Purple

Two-Way Vacuum Delay Valves

This type of delay valve is one solid color.

1. Connect a hand vacuum pump, to one side of the delay valve.

2. When vacuum is applied to the valve, vacuum should hold on both sides before visibly decreasing. There is no free flow direction in this valve.

Color

Time (seconds)

Pink

4-6

Blue

2.75-4.25

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