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Subject:Re: Fireworks for the Fourth-in my engine bay
From:James Felder
Date:Sun, 3 Jul 2011 14:24:24 -0500

I did not cycle the switch but a few times... Didn't know to. Once I swapped out the injectors for known good ones it fired right up. 

Thanks,

Jim

On Jul 3, 2011, at 12:15 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> At 08:50 PM 7/2/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>> did you cycle the fuel pump with the key about 10 times to pressurize the
>> fuel lines before trying to fire it up ?
>> that's only logical right ?
> 
> 
> In that small volume of hose between the fuel pump and the fuel
> pressure regulator, the difference between atmospheric pressure and
> full regulated line pressure is maybe a teaspoonful (think of what
> comes out when you open the fuel tee to attach a gauge).  The pump
> delivers a teaspoonful in three tenths of a second max - its minimum
> delivery is one full (2WD) tankful per hour which gets circulated
> through the fuel lines to keep them cool.
> 
> Yours,
> David