fuel system question

[memorex402]

I have the 2.9 engine. While changing a fuel pump and fuel line to the pump a fitting got broke. The fittin is on a black box that sits right beside the tcase. I beleive this is an accumulator. The feed and return both hook up to this. My question is... Is this an accumulator? Where can I order it? And could I possibly by-pass it with no problems.

 

[dave2575]

I had the same thing happen to me. the accumulator is mounted under the cross member and beside the t-case(it has a bowl threaded on the bottom of a square shaped box and 4 plastic fittings coming off it) I by-passed mine with a couple of fittings and have had no problems with the inline pump. I tried to find another one at j-yards and even the dealer with no luck. good luck.

 

[memorex402]

I appreciate the response. I guess I will bypass it later this week once I have time. You have no problems with it once the motor gets warmed up? I saw a post somewhere on the net claiming that it would cause issues when the motor got warmed up.

 

[Jason_J]

check rockauto.com thay have stuff others dont

 

[dave2575]

No problems at all when the motor is warm, from what i have read the accumulator came in a couple different styles... 1. a regular accumulator that just acts as a fuel reservoir to help feed the inline pump, 2. a fuel filter/accumulator (same thing as the first one) but with a fuel filter sitting in the bottom of the bowl. Both of them look the same and i am not sure how to tell what you have unless you screw off the bowl (not recommended, a pain in the a** to screw back on while not messing up the o-ring) I have been running without mine for almost 2 years without any problems. I hope this helps and good luck.

 

[79F1504X400]

Yeah...good luck with that. I *thought* mine was suppose to have an accumulator.....wasted some time investigating and talking to the parts counter at my local dealer.....no luck.

 

[NewFordOwner]

What you're talking about isn't an accumulator it's the fuel filter housing assembly. Has 4 ports, 2 for the fuel lines and 2 for the return. I'm assuming you've got a dual tank system, in which case it acts in a way similar to an accumulator.

is what you're looking at, and to answer your question: Yes. Check out this thread.

 

[TerryXn9]

i know this thread is old but i have an 86 as well without the dual tanks. The bowl on mine is deeper and the filter i took out was extremely dirty. The old filter and the new on do not sit all the way to the top of the housing. Would this be a accumulator then? If so i didn't see an inline filter after the high pressure pump.