pressurizing fuel system
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pressurizing fuel system
probably a pretty cockamamie idea, but if I have an air leak I can't find, can I hook the schrader valve up to my compressor and pressurize the whole system and then try to find the leak with the old soapy water trick?
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ain't that goofy of an idear.
i have often thought of pressurizing the tank to help the fuel pump when my trucks suffer from air infiltration.
but they never do it near an air source.
i have often thought of pressurizing the tank to help the fuel pump when my trucks suffer from air infiltration.
but they never do it near an air source.
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Some have installed electric fuel pumps and removed the mechanical fuel pumps to get around this issue. The electric pumps generally will prime (or come close to priming) the system rapidly, even without cranking the engine. Turning on the ignition key will start an electric pump.
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