Re: Repeat new owner Says Hi & Help please - Stalling Diesel 2.1
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:39 pm
Add a squeeze bulb and a bit of clear hose in the fuel line well before the filter.
Clear hose just before the squeeze bulb.
Get the flow direction arrow on the squeeze bulb the correct way round as it has an extra one way valve in it.
Use this bulb to pump up fuel.
If you can see air in the clear pipe as the fuel being pumped up then there is a small split in the rubber supply hose down the back of the engine.
The rubber hose usually cracks from age/vibration just above the clamp where the steel supply pipe ends.
If there is no air in the fuel then keep squeezing the bulb, fuel should visibly bubble out at any point where the air is normally leaking in.
Recently found a couple of leaky rubber membranes in fuel filter heads that way.
Clear hose just before the squeeze bulb.
Get the flow direction arrow on the squeeze bulb the correct way round as it has an extra one way valve in it.
Use this bulb to pump up fuel.
If you can see air in the clear pipe as the fuel being pumped up then there is a small split in the rubber supply hose down the back of the engine.
The rubber hose usually cracks from age/vibration just above the clamp where the steel supply pipe ends.
If there is no air in the fuel then keep squeezing the bulb, fuel should visibly bubble out at any point where the air is normally leaking in.
Recently found a couple of leaky rubber membranes in fuel filter heads that way.