men of motors, i need your help

[Paddy Galore!]

hi gents, did the service on my tranny van today, changed the fuel filter, thought id bled it, fired it up and all was well for a minute.

Then she stopped working, me thinks there is air in the pipes twixt the pump and injectors, my question is this, how do i get the stuff out?

it's a 2001 2.0L duratorq lump by the way.

thanks in advance,

gram.

[Ricko]

I might be wrong but as it is relatively new in diesel terms, does it automatically bleed if you keep cranking the engine over?

[Paddy Galore!]

I might be wrong but as it is relatively new in diesel terms, does it automatically bleed if you keep cranking the engine over?

hi chap, thanks for the quick reply, in answer i'd "heard" this can damage a fuel pump on a tranny van and didn't want to risk it just in case, however, spoke to a couple of people and they reckon to loosen the first injector, crank it over to get the air out then re tighten after it fires up, will this work?

[Salopian]

That will work, but make sure that you have correctly fitted the fuel filter!

[Deker]

Try taking the fuel filter back off and pre-filling it with diesel

[hodge911]

what type of fuel filter is fitted is it the screw on canister type or the one that fits between two part houseing or the type that fits up inside the housing and you tighten a butterfly nut to grip it in place .

sounds loike you havent got an air tight seal on new filter and how it ran ok for a little while it was using deisel left in pump and pipes.

if its of a type of filter you can refill with diesel then do that and refit it making sure you havent got any kinks in the new sealing ring crack open injector pipes one at a time until you have fuel squirting out then tighten and move on to next pipe and so on till all pipes are squirting fuel tighten and that should be it mate

Edited July 23, 2011 by hodge911

[Paddy Galore!]

guys, thanks for your help all working now, i primed the new filter, it was fitted properly, no leaks, there's a pump button and a bleed screw on top of the filter housing, pumped this until there was no more air coming out, it seems that there might have been a bit of an air lock and i mmissed it. tried cracking the injectors and bleeding them this way and it seems to have done the trick nicely, much obliged,

ta very much.

gram.

[silpig5]

sorry didnt answer my phone mate ? did you get my answer fone msg ? glad you all sorted now .

[Ricko]

Some of the old engines that I worked on were a sod to bleed up.

Constantly working the manual lift pump and then slackening off bleed screws on the filter housing, on the pump,etc

A nightmare!!

[88b]

I used to be an R&D tech for Ford, the last thing you want to do on the newer diesels is just keep cranking them over in the hope it will pull up the fuel. Even priming the new filter doesn't usually work, the answer is a small pump attach it to the out pipe on the filter and draw the diesel up until it's flowing ( preferably into a container and not your boots ). Then start the engine ,it wil probably stumble but should keep going ,let it idle for five minutes.

[jackieboi]

If it starts dont rev the engine! Make sure the filter is locked tight in! Done 1the ova day with the same trouble!