What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

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After the car cools off some, we pull the engine cover and the cover for the fuel rail and attach this brass adapter a turn or two. Then we press onto the barb some 1/4" clear plastic tubing we have at the house (barb is 5/16"), about 5 or 6 feet long and then screw down the fitting which then depresses the schrader valve and fills the tubing with fuel. Then I begin to pour the fuel into the beaker until it hits the full line. Hopefully not too much and hopefully I remembered to put water in their first!

If the car has recently been driven, there's usually enough fuel in the rail to get a full sample without turning the key on to refill the rail.

I'm all set to do this too but it is pouring down rain these last few days.

This adapter is why I tagged you! I haven't bothered to test mine in so long since I know my PCM isn't reading the content correctly. But, I'll get this little gizmo when I do venture further in this.
 

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Doing an oil/filter change and going to replace some split loom that crumbled off a few months ago when replacing the oil pressure sender.

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The stem slips over that threaded stud, the loop holding the wire is like a zip-tie. You can use a tiny (maybe sharpened?) screwdriver to pry the barb down to open up the loop. Otherwise, cut it off and replace it.
 

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Doing an oil/filter change and going to replace some split loom that crumbled off a few months ago when replacing the oil pressure sender.

How does this clip in-clip? View attachment 352409
I need to do the same after changing my manifold.





Ordered parts for my own flex fuel sensor setup.
Ordered a few catch cans. See which one fits/I like better.
Only thing left I need to get is some AN lines.
 

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After the car cools off some, we pull the engine cover and the cover for the fuel rail and attach this brass adapter a turn or two. Then we press onto the barb some 1/4" clear plastic tubing we have at the house (barb is 5/16"), about 5 or 6 feet long and then screw down the fitting which then depresses the schrader valve and fills the tubing with fuel. Then I begin to pour the fuel into the beaker until it hits the full line. Hopefully not too much and hopefully I remembered to put water in their first!

If the car has recently been driven, there's usually enough fuel in the rail to get a full sample without turning the key on to refill the rail.

I'm all set to do this too but it is pouring down rain these last few days.
This adapter would rock if it had a pin so you wouldn't have to pull the core.

I ended up removing core, pushing on about a foot long piece of 3/8" fuel line running to a small cup and went and turned key on for a fraction of a second.
 

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This adapter would rock if it had a pin so you wouldn't have to pull the core.

I ended up removing core, pushing on about a foot long piece of 3/8" fuel line running to a small cup and went and turned key on for a fraction of a second.
Do you pull the fuel pump relay and crank to drain the pressure before pulling the valve core?
 

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This adapter would rock if it had a pin so you wouldn't have to pull the core.

I ended up removing core, pushing on about a foot long piece of 3/8" fuel line running to a small cup and went and turned key on for a fraction of a second.

You don't have to remove the core. James was saying he screws the fitting on, pretty much just to hold it in place and likely to reduce the number of turns needed to tighten it with a hose on it (to reduce twists). He installs the hose then turns the fitting with the hose on it which gradually depresses the valve, letting the pressurized fuel bleed into the hose. He uses a clear hose so he can see it fill with fuel and knows when to stop and back the fitting off, closing the valve and stopping the fuel from filling the hose any further. I imagine he's holding the open end of the hose up so that the hose is U-shaped. Then, he slowly lowers the hose with the end draining into the vial, controlling it to get just the amount he needs.
 
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You don't have to remove the core. James was saying he screws the fitting on, pretty much just to hold it in place and likely to reduce the number of turns needed to tighten it with a hose on it (to reduce twists). He installs the hose then turns the fitting with the hose on it which gradually depresses the valve, letting the pressurized fuel bleed into the hose. He uses a clear hose so he can see it fill with fuel and knows when to stop and back the fitting off, closing the valve and stopping the fuel from filling the hose any further. I imagine he's holding the open end of the hose up so that the hose is U-shaped. Then, he slowly lowers the hose with the end draining into the vial, controlling it to get just the amount he needs.
I got confused by his post. I read the first part and thought this adapter was just a hose barb fitting and he still removed the core, but I see now that it is an adapter to add a fuel pressure gauge and does depress the Schrader valve.
 
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Do you pull the fuel pump relay and crank to drain the pressure before pulling the valve core?
I didn't. I relieved the pressure by pressing in on the valve with a small screw driver and also had a paper towel wrapped around the area. It only puked a little bit of fuel, which was absorbed by the paper towel.
 
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