Fuel Pressure Gauge; use teflon tape or not?

Supra5MGTE

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got myself a summit liquid filled 0-100psi pressure gauge to screw into my Aeromotive pressure regulator. it's 1/8" NPT. Should I use teflon tape or not?
 

jdub

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I would use teflon paste...in the off chance a shread of teflon tape gets into your fuel system.
 

Supra5MGTE

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ok, i used a piece of tape. Wow does the car run better. I had 10psi of fuel pressure, and a fuel filter that was starving my Aeromotive fuel pump. It quieted the pump down a TON putting the correct 100 micron pre-pump filter on. I'm gonna put the 10 micron post-pump filter under the hood, where the supply line comes in. rather than having a filter on the in and out sides of the pump. don't have room under the back end of my mk2. But man, it's driving nice now... got 40PSI @ idle. revs like the dikens... sounds so much better now.... After I get the 10 mic filter in, and run some gas through the tank to flush it out good... i'm gonna replace both elements and have all my injectors cleaned, and checked out by a local shop. make sure theres no leak down, and they're all flowing about the same.
 

NashMan

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you know what make's me laugh hard is when peoelp thread the tape on back words of the htread hehehe