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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 09:47 PM
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Still leaking fuel!

I had a bad fuel leak a few months ago, and I discovered with your help that the oring were out on the drain valve. I replaced the o-rings with a set from Auto Zone and the leak stoped, temporarily! Now the leak is back. It is definatly coming from the fuel filter housing because it is pooling up in the valley, but it does not appear to be the o-rings.

I have noticed that some people on this site have removed the emtire fuel bowl section and added a different filter and perhaps a fuel pressure gauge. I am to the point that if I can just bypass the entire problematic fuel bowl and drain valve I would love to.

Also I have recently added a mod that increases the fuel pressure to the engine, although I keep it turned down, could this be causing the problem?
 
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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If you are sure that there is a crack or a leak in the fuel bowl, i have mine that i took off to go to a frame-mounted filter. Let me know something if you want to work something out.
 
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