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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:46 am

As Nighthawk says it's not fitted on all of them!
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Postby eddie t.n.t » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:13 pm

changed my filter no prob ,thanks for the help everyone.filled the filter with diesel started first time,was this beginners luck?if so how do you bleed the system of unwanted air as i can't seem to see any sort of primer.would like to know for furture reference.
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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:29 pm

To bleed to you would need to crank it and crack the injector pipes one at a time till you had no air coming out.
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Postby gemini » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:50 pm

no need to crack them all one will do :D
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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:02 pm

It's always good practice to crack them all as you can still have an airlock on the others!
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Postby gemini » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:29 pm

MrMPuk wrote:It's always good practice to crack them all as you can still have an airlock on the others!


cracking one injector releases the air from the others
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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:41 pm

Not always that's why I said crack all 4.
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Postby gemini » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:44 pm

MrMPuk wrote:Not always that's why I said crack all 4.


you always want to have the last word, you crack the four then and i'll just crack the one like ive been doing for the last 20 year, did you know anything about a diesel engine till the internet was invented
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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:49 pm

Being a diesel fitter helps!
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Postby gemini » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:36 pm

MrMPuk wrote:Being a diesel fitter helps!


last word again, i can see from the advice you give youre a diesel fitter :lol:
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Postby MrMPuk » Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:53 pm

What can I say, it's kinda hard to reply without having the last word. :wink:
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