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> Basically, wot he sed. Big battery well-charged, have assistant hold the
> key to turn it over and bleed at the injector tops one at a time until you
> get diesel at all of them, and no froth or air.
Full throttle as you do this.
> >Hi Boys & Girls
> >
> >1) Fill The Derv Filter With Derv & Screw it on
I think you may have a problem filling the fuel filter on a Series 2 or 3
before you mount it.
> top tip for changing fuel filters, that. Usually, you can avoid needing to
> bleed it at all, assuming it was running to begin with.
You can avoid needing to bleed the injector pump and pipes if you mount the
new filter, remove the top air bleed banjo and hand pump the fuel up until
it comes out of the top with no bubbles, replace the banjo bolt after also
checking that the small hole is clear, then slacken the outlet pipe on the
filter body enough so that you can wriggle the pipe loosely, give a few more
pumps on the lift pump while the pipe is loose and a small amount of air
will be expelled around the pipe which always gets trapped in the top of the
filter head, then tighten said pipe whilst still operating the lift pump. No
air will have then got to the injector pump so start up is normal.
> >2) Check you have Derv In Tank (3Galls)
> >3) Turn Engine over Open Injector Pipes Until Derv pumps out Try That it
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> key to turn it over and bleed at the injector tops one at a time until you
> get diesel at all of them, and no froth or air.
Loosen at least two of the pipes at the injectors (any two) or preferably
all at once and you can stand at the side, turn the engine over, accelerator
down and watch past the bonnet to see if fuel is coming out and when it does
retighten the pipes and start as normal.
> If it hasn't started at that point, (we're talking an SIII here) and
> assuming it's still got battery power, stop and give it about a minute on
> the preheaters then try again.
If you use the series connected preheaters for a minute you are likely to
burn them out, 10 seconds max is enough, if you need more then there is
something wrong. My Series 2 takes 7 secs winter and 5 or 6 any other time
and I reconditioned it about 26 years ago, breathing slightly now but still
starts well.
Martin
> If it still won't go then it's either dud injectors or the timing's off. (or
> maybe dud glowplugs). A tow-start should work as well, but you need to
> bleed it first.
Austin Shackles - 11 Jan 2008 07:46 GMT
>> >Hi Boys & Girls
>> >
>> >1) Fill The Derv Filter With Derv & Screw it on
>
>I think you may have a problem filling the fuel filter on a Series 2 or 3
>before you mount it.
true, some you can't do easily, then you have to do the technique you
describe below...
>You can avoid needing to bleed the injector pump and pipes if you mount the
>new filter, remove the top air bleed banjo and hand pump the fuel up until
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>and I reconditioned it about 26 years ago, breathing slightly now but still
>starts well.
hmmm. maybe I've only experienced ones with iffy heaters. I had a sherpa
1.8 that needed 90 seconds on a cold morning, heaters were just slow.

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