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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:02 PM
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Fuel pressure gauge install

I just got my new fuel pressure gauge with isolator and tapped banjo bolt. My question is does anyone have a pic of where the banjo bolt is that I am replacing? I looked and I saw the bolt with the bleeder screw in it but I dont think that is the one I am supposed to change.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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I pretty sure that is the banjo bolt that you replace. That was the one to replace with the ISSPRO kit I installed anyway.
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Old Sep 23, 2009 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Onemoparnut
I looked and I saw the bolt with the bleeder screw in it but I dont think that is the one I am supposed to change.
That's the one! It's on the clean side of the filter so you'll see the fuel pressure going in to the VE.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 03:49 PM
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Well I got it hooked up and I guess I have a weak lift pump. I have 3 psi idling and the gauge goes to zero at wot.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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If it’s the kind of isolator that I purchased you need to push the rubber diaphrame inside the isolator all the way toward the direction the fuel is coming from. I would also isolate the isolator and check your pressure. I hope I made sense. I decided not to use the isolator and sent it back.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Well I got it hooked up and I guess I have a weak lift pump. I have 3 psi idling and the gauge goes to zero at wot.
are you running the diaphragm LP? if so, that pressure at idle and WOT sounds typical.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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^^yep time for a piston lift pump.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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Yea I am running the stock lp and I have been thinking about doing the piston lp anyway. I did push the diaphram all the way towards the fuel before I put it together.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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it's well worth it
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