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Originally Posted by thedugan
So reading about the regulator I have it comes from the factory set at 43psi so I'm ruling out checking on that.
I'm going to doublecheck the fuel filter flow and its rate but I'm guessing thats okay.
The fuel cooler I know was backwards and that was fixed.
I guess the gauge could be bad so Ill swap that out with a spare.
There could be air in the lines, would that effect it?
Im also going to start from scratch and make sure there is enough gas in the tank. I put 4 gallons in so it should be fine.
Gotta go do some errands, and help the wife get the christmas stuff out. So later today Ill get in the garage.
Not sure what else could be killing the fuel pressure but if anyone has any ideas let me know. 17 when it should be 43 is a problem
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if it's dead-headed there will be some air to bleed out but it should still show the proper pressure and it should still start. It may die a couple times briefly, but that's about it. You can also crack the line/fittings at the far end of the fuel rail and bleed the air out that way with the pump running; I've always just fired it up, let it die maybe once or twice briefly and then it's done.
Never trust the factory adjustments, the first thing to check is that adjustment. Loosen the locknut and screw the allen stud clockwise into the regulator which should raise the fuel pressure. Hopefully all that's wrong is that it is set too far out from the factory.
If adjusting it down doesn't raise the fuel pressure then you'll have to look elsewhere. After re-reading your description it's also possible that the pressure gauge is defective and your dieing is just the bleeding of the air out of the system, or you need to do some tuning to get it to idle (proper fuel map numbers, minimum throttle blade opening is too low, etc).
Jody