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Does an underhood fuel pressure gauge help you?

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Old 03-12-2010, 06:29 PM
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Does an underhood fuel pressure gauge help you?

Well i have an extra banjo bolt for the fuel line so i drilled and tapped it for 1/8" NPT and i have fuel pressure gauge for like 15 psi just laying around. Would this be worth throwing it in? I dont have a place for a gauge in the cab so it probably would never make it's way in there. If it wont help me at all and is just another place for fuel to potentially leak from i wont do it.
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there cool on the hotrod car fuel systems, and under the hood quick checks, they add ambiance to your view, in problem situations, in the dark
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if you have it flaunt it, plus it should help more than hurt you. Then again what do i know?
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I have a under the hood one on mine!! Rocking 4 psi at idle...wooo hoo..lol
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i might throw it in there and see what it looks like. ill have to find the gauge haha
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Under the hood is way better than no gauge at all.


Best is to have TWO, one each side of the filter.


A good combination is to have a POST-FILTER gauge in the cab and a PRE-FILTER one under the hood; thus, one can monitor fuel-pressure inside the cab; and, should post-filter pressure drop, a quick look at the pre-filter gauge will show for certain whether the filter is the problem.
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Has anyone tried to mount one like the old dodge tach's(or whatever the gauge was) on the hood?
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Mine started there but some how it showed up on the dash next to the glove box.
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