fuel filter location
dzorde
dzorde at geocities.com
Thu Aug 14 13:30:43 GMT 1997
This is exactly the set-up I'm using. However, I've also had to add a fuel
cooler to the return into the surge tank, primarily because the fuel would
start to boil.
Dan dzorde at geocities.com
>Hi Stuart
>
>A petrol head working for and Air Pollution Station ?? ;-)
>
>> The standard fuel line enters the engine bay right up the front on
>> the drivers side. I plan to take the output from the standard
>> mechanical fuel pump to a surge tank at the front drivers side of the
>> engine bay.
>
>Over here you aren't allowed to have the surge tank in the engine bay.
>
>> The EFI pump will be mounted next to the surge tank, and
>> the return line will go back to the surge tank.
>
>What happens once the surge tank is full ?
>I don't know if it is good to a pressurise a surge tank ?
>can anyone on the list enlighten us.....
>
>> The part of the
>> engine bay where the tank/pump goes is fairly unaffected by engine
>> heat. If vaporisation is a problem, I'll extend the return line back
>> and forth in front of the radiator a couple of times. The only other
>> problem might be that the return line will be under pressure - the
>> standard fuel pump will keep the surge tank/return line at about 3-4
>> psi.
>
>This is what I'm doing.......
>Low pressure pump feeding the surge tank (in the boot), efi pump
>feeding fuel rail (from ST), out from regulator going back to surge
>tank, surge tank over flow going back to tank, Fuel tank vented to
>atmosphere.
>This should give good pressure regulation and no pressure build up in
>the ST.
>
>Cheers
>
>Simon
>
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