C&L sample tube ?

[ONEBADPNY]

i got a use c&l meter (i'm trying it don't laugh) and it is suppose to be for 24lb. injectors. but i can't see a blue color on it or a part number. how do you know what sample tube is in there? it looks like it would be a clear one to me but i don't know i have never seen either one?

 

[poneypower89]

73mm Unit for 1986-1993 Mustangs (with factory A9L Style Processors)
Std 19lb Calibration Clear Tube (101)
24lb Fuel Injectors Blue Tube (102)
30lb Fuel Injectors Red Tube (103)
36/38lb Fuel Injectors Green Tube (104)
73mm Unit for 1993 Cobra Mustang
Std Fuel Injector (24lb) Black Tube (105)
Std Fuel Injectors with Supercharger Clear Tube (101)
30lb Fuel Injectors Blue Tube (102)
36/38lb Fuel Injectors Red Tube (103)
42lb Fuel Injectors Green Tube (104)
Ford Taurus SHO, 73mm Unit
Std Fuel Injector (24lb) Black Tube (105)
1994-1995 Mustang 5.0, 73mm Unit
Std Fuel Injector (GT-19, Cobra-24) Gold Tube (096)
GT 24lb & Cobra 30lb Injectors Orange Tube (097)
GT 30lb & Cobra 38lb Injectors Purple Tube (099)
GT 36/38lb Injectors & Cobra 42lb Injectors Red Tube (103)
76mm Unit on 1986-1993 5.0 Mustangs
19lb Injectors Gold Tube (096)
24lb Injectors Blue Tube (102)
30lb Injectors Purple Tube (099)
38lb Injectors Red Tube (103)
42lb Injectors Green Tube (104)
1993 Cobra (24lb) Clear Tube (101)



Looks like the cobra 24lb sample tube is clear

 

[ONEBADPNY]

so should there be paint on it or something? or is the whole tube colored?

 

[Insane3D]

The sample tubes that come pre-installed in a C&L are not colored. The only time they are colored is if you buy one sperately to install in one of their meters. If the person bought the meter calibrated for 24's, it would not be blue. If they bought one for 19's and replaced it with the sample tube for 24's, then it would be blue.

I know this doesn't help you, but that's why yours is not colored. I would give it a try and see how it works.

Also, C&L's, and any MAF for that matter work better with the stock airbox setup. Add on's like the "Cold Air" intake kits introduce a bend before the meter and cause dead spots in airflow that can cause the meter to not work properly...not to mention they pull air from the same spot as stock.

 

[vristang]

I have been through some of these issues recently.

Check my site (in my sig) for the inner diameters of most of the sample tubes.
I think I put this info on its own page.

Checking the diameter is the ONLY way to know what you have.

Let me know if it helps

good luck
jason

 

[luckythirteen13]

The sample tubes that come pre-installed in a C&L are not colored.

thats not true. back when i used a c&l the tube that came in mine was colored for 19#, then when i got a 24# tube that was colored. then when i bought 42# injectors i got a pro-m