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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 07:44 PM
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Electric Pump and Clear Return Line

Working on a 1990 7.3 IDI, bought the truck suspecting a bad lift pump. After fixing leaking O-rings on injector returns and fixed leaking fuel filter housing, I hooked a temporary electric pump to test engine before I buy a lift pump. I have a clear return line to the filter housing. The clear doesn't even begin to clear up, it is full of air and it doesn't seem to ever fill up. I purged the injectors for a while, I purged the air in the filter. The electric pump puts out about 6psi, but it almost seems like the fuel is going some where, but I don't see any leaks. Any ideas? Thanks
 
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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 09:23 PM
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Run the output side of the pump into a bucket. You may be sucking air into the electric pump.
 
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Old Feb 10, 2015 | 05:25 AM
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that is what it sounds like to me also. either a hole in the fuel line, cracked pickup in the tank, or an empty fuel tank.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 12:55 PM
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Looks like the small electric pump I was using was sucking in air or something. I bought a new lift pump and the truck started right up. Thanks
 
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