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Old 07-13-2005, 02:37 PM   #1
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Mallory 4309 Leaking

I switched from TBI to carb about 2 months ago. I am running the Mallory 4309 Fuel Pressure regulator. I have everything connected and it has been working ok. Last week I noticed that fuel has started to leak out of the Boost Port on the regulator. Could this be a bad diaphram in the Regulator? It seems to hold pressure fine at 4psi. I can adust the pressure up and down fine but still have gas coming out of the boost port. Any help is appreciated.
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Sounds like the diaphragm is torn.

Jegs carries new ones #3156 at $25 IIRC
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Old 07-17-2005, 11:44 PM   #3
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Thanks for the response. I checked the diaphragm and it was leaking. I got a new one from Summit. Just as an FYI for everybody. The new diaphragm is a little different and I needed to make up a spring to get the pressure under 10 psi. I think maybe the spring that was in it before was the high pressure spring but the diaphragm was always leaking so I could get the pressure down to 5 psi. Mallory says that the new diaphragm will not work for 12-60 psi any longer. Thanks.
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