NEED HELP!!!
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NEED HELP!!!
My truck broke down on me last friday on the way home from work. I had it towed home, the next day i got it to start, was running rough. so i drained the fuel filter bowl and checked the filter put filter back in went to start truck and would not start. I found out the fuel pump went out. put new pump in and its not pumping fuel to bowel, you can hear the pump running. blew air through line to filter bowel no clogs. a few weeks ago i ran out of fuel, could something be wrong in the tank.
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
My truck broke down on me last friday on the way home from work. I had it towed home, the next day i got it to start, was running rough. so i drained the fuel filter bowl and checked the filter put filter back in went to start truck and would not start. I found out the fuel pump went out. put new pump in and its not pumping fuel to bowel, you can hear the pump running. blew air through line to filter bowel no clogs. a few weeks ago i ran out of fuel, could something be wrong in the tank.
Need to fill the fuel pump feed line with some fuel so that it can draw the fuel.
Go get an oil can like the one in this picture, fill it with a 50/50 blend of engine oil and diesel fuel.
Then disconnect the fuel pump INLET and pump a couple of cans worth down the pipe toward the tank and try also to force as some up the inlet of the pump.
That should get you going.
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From: IOWA
These guy's got you covered. Sounds like your pump went out, and when you replaced it, the fuel line drained back to the tank. Right now the pump is just suck air, it needs some liquid to get things going again. Nothing you did wrong, it just happens and hopefully it's just an easy fix.
Let us know if that fixes it.
Let us know if that fixes it.
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From: Salem, OR
my personal trick on a lost prime fuel pump:
1 qt trans fluid
gear oil type top for the qt of trans fluid
2' hose
take the qt of trans fluid and put the other top on it with the hose comming off.
attach it to the inlet of the fuel pump and squeeze the bottle to fill the pump with tranny fluid then reconnect your fuel line
open your fuel bowl drain.
cycle the key untill fuel/trans fluid come out
shut off the drain valve.
cycle key 2 more times and try to fire her up.
she will runn realy bad with all the air still in the lines but should fire
1 qt trans fluid
gear oil type top for the qt of trans fluid
2' hose
take the qt of trans fluid and put the other top on it with the hose comming off.
attach it to the inlet of the fuel pump and squeeze the bottle to fill the pump with tranny fluid then reconnect your fuel line
open your fuel bowl drain.
cycle the key untill fuel/trans fluid come out
shut off the drain valve.
cycle key 2 more times and try to fire her up.
she will runn realy bad with all the air still in the lines but should fire
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