fuel rail to fuel pressure regulator fittings

[micbrody]

I purchased a third party fuel pressure regulator with integrated pressure gauge. However, the third party regulator uses hose barbs with clamps for connecting both inflow and outflow.
I went to home depot, Advanced Auto, and Autozone. I was unable to find any fittings to connect to the fuel rail. (I actually did not bring fuel rail along; instead I brought regulator and tried to find either: a male-male converter so I could directly fit one end of fitting into regulator, and other end into fuel rail; if I couldn't find that, I would settle for a fitting that would go into rail and other end would be a barb fitting.
I had no luck finding anything that was same as input to old pressure regulator.

Any info appreciated

[divace73]

I've done this conversion, we have a couple of hydraulic hose companies here in oz that solved my problem?

That elbow below the gauge cost me a lot as it was a high pressure elbow but it was the only one that had the correct thread. I have since removed it as the gauge kept unwinding itself and now have the gauge straight into that port.

[klweimer]

Check out the Edelmann brass catalog.
http://www.plews-edelmann.com/assets/1/ ... _90078.pdf
They have tons of fittings and most are available either on-line or at an auto parts store.
Kirk

[micbrody]

Thanks for reference.
I went through catalog; did not see what I think I need (big emphasis on "think"). Unless someone can tell me the exact specs of connector from rail to pressure regulator, I probably will have to go to plan B:

Plan B: Replace either pressure regulator and/or fuel pump.

When car runs, it accelerates fine. But the starting is intermittently good and bad; and per previous posts( I hooked temporary pressure gauge to CSI line; and then just past fuel pump; sometimes I would have pressure (different all the time; 25, 21, 38; sometimes none), I think it's a fuel pressure issue.

I think either it's an intermittently leaky check valve in fuel pump; or an intermittently bad pressure regulator.

The pump has always (I have had car since Nov 2014) had a high pitched whine; I assume that is normal.

Any recommendations of good fuel pumps that won't cost a fortune?

[RRoller123]

The fuel pressure readings should be pretty stable, those are all over the place. It has been written that a really noisy fuel pump is defective and about to go...

[So Cal Mark]

a noisy electric pump can indicate air in the pump rather than fuel. That might be the reason for erratic pressure

[micbrody]

The noise is constant; doesn't change frequency. If air, I would think I would hear a more variable sound.
If it is air, does that mean pump is defective ? Or a loose fitting ?

[vandor]

The problem must be that the pressure regulator has metric fittings, while everything at the hardware store is standard.