Fuel pressure at VP44 inlet?
#16
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Look to "streamline" your fuel system. Get rid of banjo bolts. Use Vulcan Performance's kit that has a fuel pressure port right where it connects to the VP44 - connect a grease gun hose (12") - then a "T" at the end - install a pressure sensor for your Fuel Pressure Gauge on one side, and install a 5 psi switch that will close if pressure drops down to 5 - 7 psig.
Note that many trucks might still have the aluminum block where the original lift pump was mounted, and that piece should be removed and the fuel line connected directly to the fuel filter (without using one of those suck banjo bolts!!)
Note that many trucks might still have the aluminum block where the original lift pump was mounted, and that piece should be removed and the fuel line connected directly to the fuel filter (without using one of those suck banjo bolts!!)
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Actually - it isn't that sensitive ....5-7 psi for BRIEF periods WILL NOT cause damage to the VP44. A red light (idiot light) that comes on around 5 - 7 (or 6 - 8) is low enough to "grab your attention" yet not have spurious alarms routinely to the point of being ignored. And an idiot light has the advantage of getting your attention because few people carefully monitor the Fuel Pressure Gauge at all times!
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Actually - it isn't that sensitive ....5-7 psi for BRIEF periods WILL NOT cause damage to the VP44. A red light (idiot light) that comes on around 5 - 7 (or 6 - 8) is low enough to "grab your attention" yet not have spurious alarms routinely to the point of being ignored. And an idiot light has the advantage of getting your attention because few people carefully monitor the Fuel Pressure Gauge at all times!
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