Re: Fuel Pressure

[jtrealty@xxxx]

Your "test" will tell you if fuel is flowing but you can do that by 
cracking loose a fuel line. On the really tough to diagnose cases 
there is no replacement for having the right equipment. In 99% of the 
time working on the fuel system a fuel gauge is not required.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Dmcjal@xxxx wrote:
> Let me throw a thought out for somebody to shoot down.
> 
> If you do not have a fuel pressure gauge, there is another approach 
to check 
> fuel pressure ASSUMING that the pressure regulator is OK.
> 
> Jump the fuel pump relay with the engine off and listen to the fuel 
return 
> line. No noise would indicate that fuel is not returning to the 
tank because 
> the pump cannot generate enough pressure to open the pressure 
regulator.
> 
> Should work, no?