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Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: kwood on January 28, 2015, 09:07:00 AM

Title: air leaking on tank side of pump
Post by: kwood on January 28, 2015, 09:07:00 AM

i am having a problem with air leaking on tank side of my fuel pump and i was looking at it and it has 8 fittings between the filters and the pump i wanna make it more simple i looked on a few sites and all they have are the electrionic switches, i wanna keep it maunal does  anyone know a good easy way to hook up dual tanks to one pump? like maybe 1 valve with a off and 2 inlets

Title: Re: air leaking on tank side of pump
Post by: H20Nut21Bahner on January 28, 2015, 10:17:01 AM

CP Performance sells a nice billet valve. If you want to go a cheap route, use ball valves

Title: Re: air leaking on tank side of pump
Post by: kwood on January 28, 2015, 10:45:22 AM

Quote from: H20Nut21Bahner on January 28, 2015, 10:17:01 AM

CP Performance sells a nice billet valve. If you want to go a cheap route, use ball valves

ya i have two ball valves right now i dont see a problem with them other thent he 8 fittings i need to run them but ill check them out on cp

Title: Re: air leaking on tank side of pump
Post by: ka0tyk on January 28, 2015, 11:00:51 AM

you should have ball valves on your tanks regardless... if you get a leak you need a way to shut off the fuel.

simplest route:
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