Fuel Pressure Testing:
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Fuel Pressure Testing:
Just picked a test kit but after screwing hose onto the Schrader of my '89 the reading was zero with key on for >2min.
Then tried it on my '88 (which starts & runs), same deal zero pressure even with engine running.
Examined the end of the test hose to find there was no pin to depress the Schrader???
All vids I've seen the hose is simply screwed onto the Schrader w/o need to remove the valve core.
Am I right here??
Then tried it on my '88 (which starts & runs), same deal zero pressure even with engine running.
Examined the end of the test hose to find there was no pin to depress the Schrader???
All vids I've seen the hose is simply screwed onto the Schrader w/o need to remove the valve core.
Am I right here??
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: ft myers FL/Munising MI
Just picked a test kit but after screwing hose onto the Schrader of my '89 the reading was zero with key on for >2min.
Then tried it on my '88 (which starts & runs), same deal zero pressure even with engine running.
Examined the end of the test hose to find there was no pin to depress the Schrader???
All vids I've seen the hose is simply screwed onto the Schrader w/o need to remove the valve core.
Am I right here??
Then tried it on my '88 (which starts & runs), same deal zero pressure even with engine running.
Examined the end of the test hose to find there was no pin to depress the Schrader???
All vids I've seen the hose is simply screwed onto the Schrader w/o need to remove the valve core.
Am I right here??
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I would take a pic of the end you are screwing onto the schraeder valve. Not sure why there is nothing there.
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I think this test kit from AZ had been loaned out and someone messed with the hose end.
Going to return the test kit for a refund and find another unit elsewhere.
Thanks for the confirmation on how this "should" work.
Going to return the test kit for a refund and find another unit elsewhere.
Thanks for the confirmation on how this "should" work.
Drifting
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From: ft myers FL/Munising MI
it's about 8 bucks for a hose and gauge at a auto parts store....get one
Drifting
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Which one is that? THIS is $45
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I'm not sure which one you got. You can get the cheaper one without the braiding but It is about 30 some. I probably wouldn't trust anything as cheap as a $10 fuel pressure gauge. Couldn't afford it
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