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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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fuel line question

on my injector rail i got, on the return fuel line on the bend right after the regulator the pipe is bent in id say a good 33%. now im going to be using a walbro 255lph will this dent mess with the fuel return or will if be sufficient?
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 01:02 PM
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Re: fuel line question

Bent should be fine. Kinked may be a different story.
Is your Walbro the high volume type?
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Re: fuel line question

yea its the high pressure 255lph pump.

its got a dent in it ill take a picture later but i wanna make sure it wont affect the return of the fuel.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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Re: fuel line question

well i finally took some pictures although not too great on quality. but this is the return line after the i believe 90 degree bend after it exits the fpr. i was wondering if this dent would harm my return flow for my 255 high pressure walbro? if so what should i do?


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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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Re: fuel line question

anybody have an idea if thatll hurt me or not?
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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Re: fuel line question

I would say that it is going to restrict the return. that is smashed in quite a bit. I run the same pump and that thing really moves the fuel. Hook a fuel pressure guage to the rail and see what you get, if it is high then it is too restrictive.
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Old Nov 6, 2007 | 08:48 PM
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Re: fuel line question

yep replace
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Old Nov 7, 2007 | 03:52 PM
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Yeah. Looks like you lost nearly 50% of your return capability.
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Old Nov 7, 2007 | 07:04 PM
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ok then itll be replaced with a better one.
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