Subject: Fuel return valves
From: Paul
Date: 1/26/2001, 2:45 PM

Wayne Walter Peterson wrote:


I think if I have a fuel pressure alarm on the panel to tell if the fuel
pressure go off limits.

I plan to use the Rocky Mountain brand for this unless something better
come out by then.

If the solenoid fails to open the line to that tank the pressure in the
fuel rail/line would go thru the roof.

I conld have a by-pass that would allow fuel to return to the tanks if
the pressure went to high but, that is more plumbing which I would like
to avoid.

 Keep it simple!

Got to think more on this one!

What I am trying to do is have fuel to return to a tank of my choice.

I could dump the fuel back to both and hope the fuel got back 50/50 but
I feel that will never happen.

If I go with both tank to a common line to the fuel pumps then to the
fuel rail then a return to both I could not switch tanks. I not sure if
I like that.

If I go with a single return to the tanks I could run a line to have
another line to connect both tanks to eachother,but when I add fuel,
they will cross feed and it would be hard to fill the tanks.

Unless I hane a hand valve to stop cross flow when I fill the tanks.

What are most builder doing to returned fuel from the fuel rail?

Wayne Peterson

Or messages crossed in the email. See my previous message.

Paul Lamar
 
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