Harbor Freight Fuel Pressure Tester

[RyanMerrick]

Hey Guys,

Anyone have any experience with the fuel pressure tester at Harbor Frieght? Is it decent? terrible? Are there any additional adapters needed for the Vortec schrader setup? I'm looking to start trouble shooting why my truck is slow to start up lately. Thanks!

http://www.harborfreight.com/fuel-injection-pump-tester-92699.html

 

[badazzbulldog]

thats the whole setup the quick connect for the shrader is on the hose

 

[someotherguy]

It's poo if you use it more than a couple times. The quality of the rubber on the O-ring in the hose is poor and not rated for fuel; it will dry up and shrink, crack, etc. and fail, causing fuel to spray out everywhere the next time you try it. It's a square cut O-ring (unless they changed designs) so it's not like you can just grab any ol' O-ring and put it in there.

For a few bucks more than $20 you can get better quality though you'll have to shop around. $35 will get you an Actron CP7818 through Amazon.

Richard

 

[RyanMerrick]

Thanks for the input. I ended up going with the master set from Harbor Freight since it was on sale and I had a 20% off coupon. It worked great, no complaints at all; some items are sketchy from Harbor Freight, but the build quality on this unit seems solid.

http://www.harborfreight.com/master-fuel-injection-pressure-test-kit-97706.html

The results of hooking it up to my truck....not so great.... i definitely have some issues to resolve..

 

[twomanymontes]

I got one of those sets for side jobs. works OK, reads about 2 psi off from my Snap on one, so it's close enough to know if you have an issue or not. Haven't had any issue yet and its about 4 years old now.