Was this OK? (massive pics)

[cameronsclone]

I have one of my relatives working on the sy right now, and He told me a few weeks ago that he fixed a strange fuel line/pump setup that had 2 lines, and it seemed strange and wrong to him. He ordered a replacement fuel line and a new pump and took out the strange one. After admiring the pics I had on my computer, I noticed a fuel pressure guage on the dash to the left of the wheel. It got me wondering if the fuel line setup was right all along, and that it was just something new to my uncle (he works in an auto place, so he knows about engines, but not specifically syty's). So Was it an OK setup, or what? I don't Know enough about engines, so that's why I'm on here 24/7 trying to get acquainted with them, and that's also why I'm not working on it. I have some engine pics, and a pic of the fuel pressure guage, but I don't know how much the engine pics will tell you. Thanks.

Edit: Here's some more pics. Didn't want to post half a page.
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e26/300zxman/

 

[MRKING]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

Hard to say without seeing the line but you deffinately need to invest in some foamy engine bright .

 

[turbodog]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

I'd be backtracking the plumbing to the mechanical fuel pressure guage to make shure there's an isolator in between the guage and the fuel system. I personally can't tell anything about the fuel lines from the pics, but maybe someone with a sharper eye can.

 

[QUICK STORM]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

does your fuel pressure gauge work, now

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

Typically the fuel pressure guage hooks into the fuel rail on the driver side front at the shrader valve. The second picture show that is not the fuel pressure guage connection, it was hooked up, it probably was what you uncle removed. You can check to see if it still connected to you fuel system by seeing if the gauge works (did the FP gauge ever work?), start you motor and if it connected it will read fuel pressure (upper 30's for idle typically) BTW In case you didn't know your truck has a few bolt on mods.

 

[cameronsclone]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

I know of the mods, thanks. The problem here is that the truck is 100 mi. away So I can't really check any of this stuff. These are the pics before any work was done, and most of the mods and work done before I bought it were by a 19 yr. old kid that might not have known anything about syclone engines. I don't know if the guage worked before, because it wasn't running before the work was done. I'll have to ask next time I go see the truck if it works now (got running a week ago ) and get more details on how it was set up.

 

[ghettosled]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

simple green and a pressure washer...i dont know how someone could even work on that thing.

 

[wantingasy]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

What is coming off of your brake booster line at the manifold?

 

[VermontTy]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

Ask your uncle if the gauge is mechanical or electrical. If it is mechanical, that sucks; not a big fan of having a fuel filled tube inside the cab of my truck. If it is electrical, ask him where he tied into for the feed; probably down near the fuel filter. I suppose that would work, but as Dave mentioned, it should be tied into the schraeder valve on the drivers side of the fuel rail. I'm glad to see your uncle didn't bolt the gauge to the side of the gauge bezel like all other people that don't know the part is SyTy specific....

 

[canadian]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

maybe atr double-pumper? hobbs switch plumbed into the manifold for 2nd fuel pump

 

[jamnut]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

Was it a single pump with dual lines or a dual pump that he remvoed.If it was a dual pump setup, that would need to stay if it works.

 

[cameronsclone]

Re: Was this OK? (massive pics)

I'm sure of double lines, but don't know about the pump. I know the pump was broken though. I'm gonna see him on sunday, so I'll have to ask him some stuff then.