Subject	Cheap way to check fuel pressure
Posted by	mvtz on March 05, 2009 at 9:11 PM
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Message	So I have been trying to work out some kinks now that I have the swap completed and I wanted to check and make sure my pump was feeding enough pressure. After finding that fuel pressure testers are around 60-70 bucks at the auto parts store, I decided to make this little piece for about $13. It consists of... 1 gauge (found in the air compressor section of lowes) It has a 1/4in NPT fitting 2 5/16" Barb x 1/4" Hose Barb Adapters (found in the plumbing section) 1 1/4" Female Pipe Tee (also found in plumbing section) Heres the pictures of the parts and setup. I put it in place of the fuel filter to run my test, but say I were to leave it in all the time, would I place it before or after the fuel filter? My guess was after but just wanted to make sure. On to the pictures
Follow Ups	Cheap way to check fuel pressure - mvtz 21:11:37 03/05/09 After, but shouldn't matter much - BobbyT 21:19:48 03/05/09 I have an inline one piece tee with a shrader valve - twinturbineZ 21:57:13 03/05/09 Here's a picture^^^^ - twinturbineZ 22:07:01 03/05/09 Can you just leave it like that day to day? - BobbyT 23:54:39 03/05/09 Yes..there is a brass cap (n/m) - twinturbineZ 00:21:20 03/06/09 Is an "Air Pressure Gauge" safe for a fuel system? (n/m) - Barry (NJ) 21:24:45 03/05/09 air pressure gauges are typically bourdon tube - aliaZ 21:30:11 03/05/09 Thanks. - Barry (NJ) 21:51:53 03/05/09 how do you plan on checking your fuel pressure under load? (n/m) - aliaZ 21:26:15 03/05/09 if you had to on a dyno - gt300zxtt 21:34:13 03/05/09 I have a similiar setup, except I added about 2' - ae300z 23:35:22 03/05/09 yep, I did the same (n/m) - aliaZ 23:44:18 03/05/09 I just look at my a pillar where there is a defi guage - Antonio(AZ->NYC) 10:13:51 03/06/09 the topic at hand is "cheap" (n/m) - aliaZ 11:11:56 03/06/09 i have a similar setup on my beater - gt300zxtt 21:29:15 03/05/09 Do you have any more pictures of the satin black? - xAzraelx[NC] 22:49:20 03/05/09 i have some here - gt300zxtt 23:21:07 03/05/09 At first I thought that an air pressure gauge... - mvtz 21:58:09 03/05/09 I a similar setup, but I used an ebay liquid filled gauge - nemo1080 (Iowa) 23:53:45 03/05/09 exactly what i have done, except i kept my OEM filter on (n/m) - JustinSCZ32 10:36:37 03/06/09
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