Had 2 shims in, kept getting P009E on highway, now have race valve and it popped again tonight.
Dual fuelers with PPE ported DS fitting and drilled .060" PS fitting.
Dual fuelers with PPE ported DS fitting and drilled .060" PS fitting.
LMM: P009E, shimmed, then Race valve, now what
- Thread starter MMLMM
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Hey Mike do the bottle test and make sure its still not leaking past the race valve, If you messed up the fuel rail you will have to replace it and the valve.
That and you have to tighten the ever living hell out of race valves to get them to seat all the way sometimes. If it fails the bottle test try this first.
you only install one or the other. the shims allow for a measure of saftey, the race on the other will not allow the valve to pop at all....
shims are lil harder install but start there, before just slapping in the race valve. (even PPE dont suggest using the race valve unless you really need to...)
Mike Ive had 3 shims in my rail since day 2 and never leaked with the duels
You might have to get a new rail or try 3 shims or get it tighter
You might have to get a new rail or try 3 shims or get it tighter
My buddy put a race valve in his 06 LBZ and cracked a piston 3 days later........never again.....
dont say that, ive already cracked 2 of em, and i put the race valve in at the start of pullin season.
I dont think they are good for everyday driving. Do you just leave it in all the time or just change it when you pull?
why would it cause a cracked piston? coninsidence maybe? idk. I figure you'd blow an injector out worse case senerio. maybe we shoulda tried 3 shims before the race valve. also I am running the ported regulator in the second cp3; I'll bottle test and look at a efi table this weekend and get back. thanks.
You should always do a bottle test before dinking with relief valve. There are other things that can code.
We have been running a race valve in Casper for 3 years now, and Blue has had 3 shims for 3 years and 60,000mi.
We have been running a race valve in Casper for 3 years now, and Blue has had 3 shims for 3 years and 60,000mi.
Cool, didnt say it wouldnt work, just said my friend put one in his truck and the piston cracked rite after. He did f up a injector real bad too.
We had one lmm that would throw codes with the shimms but would not with out the shimms. Put the shimms back in and would throw codes all over the place. Put the race valve in and still threw codes. Put the valve back in with no shimms no code WTF. Rail pressure with single CP3 was just fine.