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Jul 29, 2009 | 07:59 AM

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Talyn

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70 PSI with the BB Mod here. =-)

Jul 29, 2009 | 12:57 PM

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DRRXR

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From: Texas Coast

Thanks for the Coaching

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Originally Posted by BlueMule

You have a two stage mechanical pump. The fuel is drawn from the tank by the 1st stage ( the diaphragm) and fed to the fuel bowl where it's filtered. From there it goes back to the 2nd stage (the piston) where the pressure is bumped up and it's fed to the injectors via the fuel rails in the head. Any unused fuel goes to the pressure regulator on the side of the fuel bowl and then returned to the tank. Once the cycle starts again it's pumped back to the bowl where any pieces of the o-rings are trapped by the filter and you see the black specs in the fuel.

Thanks Rodney for the detail.

Rocky