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Fuel pressure at WOT

Old Aug 23, 2012 | 09:44 PM
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My fuel pressure gauge has been working fine for about a month now but today when I hardly hot the throttle just getting up to 25 my pressure drops from 18 ideling to 10 if I really get on it the psi goes to 8 I have the raptor 100 also I have the gauge ran right off my life injection pump on the inlet banjo bolt the Stella line runs into the cab then I had to put
The snubber on backwards onto the back of the gauge I am having aloooooooooot of chattering like very bad I'm about to kill the gauge

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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 10:31 PM
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Change fuel filter lately? check screen on inlet side of raptor? startin simple...
 
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 11:38 PM
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Think your guage took a .....
 

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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by empty wallet
Change fuel filter lately? check screen on inlet side of raptor? startin simple...
I'll check both Saturday.

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Think your guage took a .....
I just bought it literally a week ago
 

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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:20 AM
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Looks like the snubber isn't doing its job and letting pulses of the pump through to the gauge.You might want to try a needle valve and barely crack it open to numb the gauge down.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:26 AM
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It's smoking pretty white this morning too
 
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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The snubber should have been as close to the VP44 as possible. Relocate the snubber, replace the gauge, and see what happens.
 
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