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Subject:Re: Re-priming diesel fuel pump:correct procedure?
From:Eren Berberoglu
Date:Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:48:11 PDT

if you have a good enough battery , just crank it .. , or suck the fuel
using an old fuel pump from the outlet of filter than pump it to fuel
distributer , after this ,while someone cranking , you can bleed the air by
loosening the nuts on the injectors , when you see the fuel coming out ,
tighten them ..
this works fine and starts quickly

EREN BERBEROGLU
1986 TD westy w/intercooler

>From: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
>Reply-To: Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re-priming diesel fuel pump:correct procedure?
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:38:27 -0700
>
>I'm going to be opening up the fuel system in my 82 vanagon diesel
>soon, and am looking for a step-by-step description of the correct
>method of re-priming the fuel system once I get it back together.
>Once when I ran out of fuel, the tow truck guy just bled the air out
>using the 10mm nut at the top of the fuel filter, but I understand
>this is both incorrect and unreliable.
>
>The Bentley manual does not discuss this at all.
>
>Could someone please provide me with step-by-step instructions, or
>point me to a site that does?  It's the sort of thing I should learn
>(and my wife should learn) anyway...
>
>Thanks!
>
>T.
>--
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca
>
>'82 westy 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
>'97 son Russell                                   =============
>'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |__| |__|:| clatter
>1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       O|.           .| clatter!
>1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
>Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)

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