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Hey. I can explain this later. But right now I need to know this. Can I plug one of my injector lines so that no fuel can go through it. And just run on 7 cylinders?

Edit…. Will this hurt my injection pump if the fuel has no wear to go. Or will pressure build up. Will the truck even run? I know it will run on 7 but would pressure inside the pump kill it. I really really need to limp home today if at all possible
 

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The IP has a pressure regulating valve in it that protects the transfer pump and long story short if one of the outlet lines gets blocked or clogged it redirects the fuel back into the inlet side of the pump. That’s an emergency fail safe so things don’t explode, not something you want to drive home testing if your pressure relief valve is working.

Some hack stuff, get a diameter hose larger than the line coupler and a gas can and just have someone hold the can out the window/strap it to the side view mirror. Depending on how far.

Or explain your issue.
 

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My injector line has snapped off pretty much right at the pump. I’m wondering how I can plug it Meaby a mail in the end of it?
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I wouldn't do that... Am curious as to what happened. Tow trucks are also an option. I wouldn't be testing the pressure relief valve ad 70mph for an hour.
 

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Home is four hours away and if it can be helped need to be there tonight. Can run to the junkyard tomorrow for a new fuel line Just curious if I plugged that would it redirect the pressure. Sounds like it will
 

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Would go really slow just to make it.

But Meaby better off not to try
 

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Well the guy at O’Reillys is pretty darn helpful. He’s making me a hose. Doesn’t have the right flares on it so might leak. But I’m gunna cinch it down best I can and run it.
 

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Man 4 hours is far for any hack and I wouldn’t plug it for any distance like i mentioned. Goodluck let us know.
 

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I had this same thing happen to me. I did not want to plug the line off. The line broke right at the injection pump, so I took it off and turned it around so the good end was on the pump, cut it off and bent it around and sort of pointed it at the return line that goes to the fuel filter. I took the rubber return line going to the filter off and put it on my cut off line. I then plugged the fitting where the return line to the filter normally went.

I drove all the way from Tenn to Pensacola Florida like this on 7 cylinders. Buzzing down the interstate wasn't too bad but it sure did lope at idle.

After I got to a campground at Fort Walton beach, I was able to start hunting up junkyards. This was right after Obama's cash for clunkers deal and the junkyards were full of trucks, but they would not sell parts off of them. I finally found a yard that had a 6.9 engine in the shed, and I was surprised but he did sell me the #1 injector line. I drove back to the campground on 7 cylinders, put the used line on it and all was back to normal. I took a little piece of vacuum line and some wire ties to tie the new line to the other lines. That is what happened, I did not put one of the line clamps back on after I had worked on it. Who knew they were so important?
 

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Those isolators are crazy important. Once worked on an rv that had a 5.9 in it, and they did the same thing. Put 3 lines on it before saying F it and took it in, put an isolator on it, hasn't been back yet.
I'd definitely suggest the method Franklin suggested versus plugging it.
 

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Update here. I had the same idea. Swapped around to the good end an through some fuel line on into the cab. I’ll make it home in time. She’s lookin pretty hard. But running strong not letting me down. Picked up a hitch hiker in the Wally World Parkin lot. He’s holdin the jugs lol
 

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