Chefdaddyscoti
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I know this is an age old discussion, but this is my first time to change a fuel filter on my 1988 2.5td. I have ordered a new one so I wanted a pre emptive strike on how to properly get it primed and started again.
I made the mistake of opening the drain plug and just letting a little water and debris out, and now it wont start. It started for a brief moment, but died.
I have the cartridge style filter, and what i thought would be the bleed screw just unscrews the bottom part of the filter to get the new cartridge in.
I have read and played with getting the prime lever in the right place to get it to pump up, but I am getting bloody fingers trying to access it and it only seems to pump partially and will not harden up with pressure.
I did not want to do the wd-40 trick of starting a diesel, because i know how fragile this motor is. unless its ok to do it.
I am planning to put a 200 or 300tdi in it next year, just wanted to get a little more life out of the 2.5td before I did a swap
I am not a mechanic but I have done a lot of the work on my truck thus far, but need you advice in laymans terms of how to bleed the lines and get her cranked
thanks in advance. I have only had my Defender about a year, but we are really getting to know each other really quickly. Lol
I made the mistake of opening the drain plug and just letting a little water and debris out, and now it wont start. It started for a brief moment, but died.
I have the cartridge style filter, and what i thought would be the bleed screw just unscrews the bottom part of the filter to get the new cartridge in.
I have read and played with getting the prime lever in the right place to get it to pump up, but I am getting bloody fingers trying to access it and it only seems to pump partially and will not harden up with pressure.
I did not want to do the wd-40 trick of starting a diesel, because i know how fragile this motor is. unless its ok to do it.
I am planning to put a 200 or 300tdi in it next year, just wanted to get a little more life out of the 2.5td before I did a swap
I am not a mechanic but I have done a lot of the work on my truck thus far, but need you advice in laymans terms of how to bleed the lines and get her cranked
thanks in advance. I have only had my Defender about a year, but we are really getting to know each other really quickly. Lol