Fuel Pressure Gauge

Ado Sigal a.sigal at bluewin.ch
Sat Oct 6 21:24:13 PDT 2007


Don't know your configuration, but any pneumo-hydraulic place should be 
able to insert any fitting you want into any braided hose, including 
Schrader valve fitting. As for f/rail fitting, have a look at: 
http://www.schrader.fr/en/produitsautomobiles.htm

HTH, Ado



Kent McLean wrote:

>I've been trying to determine the fuel pressure in my '91 200 20v. 
>
>I bought a test gauge that works with a GM or Ford Schrader valve,
>which I found out after-the-fact that our beloved Audis do not have.
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>Since the gauge is NPT, I could probably pick up a T fitting at the 
>local home hardware box store.  But first I looked under the hood again 
>to see what line to use, only to find SS braided lines. Not so easy
>to cut into them. 2-for-7.
>
>I feeling cursed. Thanks, Team Doorhandle.
>
>Question to the Great Collective:  how, where, what do I use
>to either a) permanently add my little gauge to the fuel rail,
>or b) add a Schrader valve to the rail for my FP tester?
>
>My current thought is to drill the rail to temporarily take a barbed
>fitting, cut the hose on the tester to fit the barbed fitting, test 
>the fuel pressure, then replace the barbed fitting with a bolt to
>seal the hole.  2nd option is to find another GM or Ford dealer to 
>secure a fuel injection Schrader valve.
>
>Thanks for your input.
>
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