Restarting a Diesel Motor that has run out of Fuel

Just fill her up, crack one of the injectors and crank over the motor until she fires. Keep it running til she stops spluttering and farting then tighten up the injector and you will all good.

Dude! How come you have all the luck.

This is what you do if the problem is definitely NO fuel.

(1) Get some fuel back into the main tank.

(2) Locate the Diesel filter and on the top of the filter carrier there should be a priming device ( usually a black plastic/rubber disc of some description) that you operate up and down with the palm of your hand. This is a mini hand pump that drags fuel from the main tank up to the filter.

(3) Once you have loaded the filter canister with fuel and think you can't get any more into it, crank it over with the key and see if you can get it to start.

No start = more pumping on the priming pump until you get the fuel up to the filter Pack. The lift pump should then drag it through. (usually)

(4) If you have a passenger, get them to crank it over whilst you operate the priming pump.

I've kept it simple simple and 9 times out of ten this will work. The tenth time may including bleeding the mother at the filter, or between the filter and the pump.

This is only for when you have RUN OUT of fuel.

In the mean time use your trip gauge to avoid embarrassment/s. Zero it each time you fill it and then you know how many Kilometers you have done, and should know how many you can do before the tank is dry again.

DD

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Lynton!

When you find the problem on the Patrol, let me know. I have the same problem. I have checked the tank sender but looks ok but who knows? Michael

hi disconnect all batterys for around 30 mins to reset the computer there is a chance that it will zero the fuel gauge back to default morry

Sorry Lynton, I didn't mean to hijack your Post. Michael

My old 94 Troopy will fire up after around three or four 15 second cranks on the starter.


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