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Series III3.8 Returnless Fuel System


pshojo

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I was ready that the series III has a returnless fuel system. Does anyone know what makes it returnless? is it simply how the fuel rail or how does it work?

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In previous fuel systems, fuel was pumped up to the rail, and the excess was returned to the tank. Series 3 has no fuel return.

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I was thinking about that, the fuel pump might regulate and dump extra back into tank? Wonder If i could use the Gen III fuel rail on Gen II car.

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Yeah, as the others have said, to maintain a constant pressure, the pump can either:

 

a) operate at the same output all the time (very reliable for the pump as its not cycled), and use a regulator to bypass the extra volume that isn't necessary to maintain fuel system pressure at a constant level.

B) vary the speed and/or duty cycle of the fuel pump (not very reliable).

 

My Jaguar E-type does B), in that, it constantly cycles the fuel pump on and off. As a result, the fuel pump tends to have reliability issues in contrast with the extremely reliable pumps used on the W-bodies.

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