What fuel pressure should i be running
May 18, 2003 | 04:28 PM
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I have an uprated fuel pump and and regulator which has a fuel pressure gauge. Following a recent thread i noticed a discussion about fuel pressures
My fuel pressure on idle is 2 bar. Is this correct??
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May 18, 2003 | 04:29 PM
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What I have heard is that you must have 4 bar if you running ) boost and vacuum. To check this is to disconnect the vacuumhose of your fuel regulator.
May 18, 2003 | 04:41 PM
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Ide need a talk through on doing that check. I'm not the best under the bonnet!!
I was reading conflicting reports on fuel pressure at idle. for example "2.8 to 3 bar"???
May 18, 2003 | 04:54 PM
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Ok on checking, i'm running 2 bar at idle.
I run 1.1 bar of boost.
So does that mean that i'm underfuelling on full boost?
May 18, 2003 | 05:13 PM
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I mean 0 boost you will have 4 bar at idle you must have 3 bar.
May 18, 2003 | 05:15 PM
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so i'm missing 1 bar of fuel pressure?
May 18, 2003 | 05:19 PM
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May 18, 2003 | 05:21 PM
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Thats very interesting as somehow the pressure on my regulator has dropped off recently. Also, at the same time, i have started to det a lot on full boost. I wonder if this is linked
May 18, 2003 | 05:25 PM
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the fuel pressure at idle shd be around 2.8-3.0 bar(unless u have an adjustable regulator).so if running 1.1 bar of boost u shd have 3.9-4.1 bar fuel pressure when acclerating hard at wot
May 18, 2003 | 05:26 PM
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Anyway, the next question is how do i increase the fuel pressure? It is an FSE fuel pressure regulator with gauge attatched.
I know its a pretty stupid question and its probably very obvious
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