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what is this fuel system valve and what does it do?

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carboncow

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Going through the fuel system on my recent rebuilt engine. Had no ID plate but this is what I know.

1997 (Pursuit) with Volvo Penta 7.4L FI with Power Steering. One tech says it's a GLi another a GSi and one guy said it's a GXi but I don't see the later one even listed or those years in the charcoal engine. Based on what I've read on this site it should be a 7.4GSIPLK but that doesn't come up in any kind of search, but I digress...

I'm curious to what this valve is on the hard fuel line and what it does?

The fuel line spins too easily in my opinion and if it's a valve it doesn't seem to open from pressure (air) placed on either direction. So just curious if it's happy...or not.

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Looks to me like the fuel pressure regulator. The vacuum line goes to intake manifold. The hard line coming out of the bottom should be the return line.
 
o2batsea said:
Looks to me like the fuel pressure regulator. The vacuum line goes to intake manifold. The hard line coming out of the bottom should be the return line.
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Thank you. Can you explain to me how a pressure regulator (for fuel) would work between the intake and the fuel system? What are we regulating here and what happens if a pressure is to high (or low). Just trying to understand all the variables in the system.

If I'm reading this correctly the part does state Pressure Sensor 3854517 for $350!
 
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