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Old 14th February 2017, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by snapdragon View Post
I would say no way hose. You would be breaking the fuel system and putting in unfiltered fuel. The tiniest spec will clog the injector. The injector is a very fine instrument with 4-7 invisible holes in the tip that fire at 400-2000PSI (depending on load). Can you imagine how fine these are? A bit of lint of dust will get stuck in it forever. The inside of the fuel system is clean anyway.
Thanks for that. Always nice to hear a more informed point of view than my own.
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