air in line

[robc]

i ve recently coverted from 2.0 pinto to diesal 2.4 the trouble is i keep getting air in the fuel feed pipe (from tank to pump) .. i can start it up and it will run fine for about 20 min s then it looses power and the fuel line has air in it.. if i turn it off and leave it for couple of minutes then start again the fuel suck s throgh and the air in the pipe goes but then another couple of miles and it s doing it again...has any one got any ideas cos it s doing my head in!!!!!

[gemini]

did you change the sender unit in the tank for a diesel one

[transitgeoff]

i know exactly what that is, i bet you have kept the petrol sendor?? if so you must remove the filter from the end of the stack pipe, diesel is thicker than petrol and cannot pass through that filter quick enough check it out

[madmark]

i had one years ago that used to do that ,and it would puff out white smoke and come to a stop ! it turned out to be dirt in the tank! but when i converted it i did remove the guase on the end but it was like black piant going up the lines! took the tank off cleened it all out and it was as sweet as a nut after that, on my lovely brand new york engine that was old stock in the box from fords for £200 they were the days!

oh and before somebody says there is no such thing as a good york you are wrong!

[robc]

just been out and pulled sender unit out, your right there s a tight gause on there have taken it off and it s running spot on now
Thank s for all your advise and help!!!!!!!!!!

[stevew]

Great result! More problems like this please!

Steve

[tim]

nice to get a result, cause its a hard old life

[Luke]

I had this problem on my camper - i eventually sorted it after fitting another engine from a van i'd drove and knew was ok. fitted it in my camper and was the same as the old one

pity this forum wasnt about back then

[transitgeoff]

[Gunslinger]

useful info, especially considering the number of people switching over to diesel at the moment on here

[FredTransit]

Mk2 sender units are getting rarer, so I have stocked up. I was wondering what the difference between petrol and diesel was.

[robc]

i have both the diesal sender has a return as well as a breather and no filter on the end, the petrol sender only has feed and a breather on it and a filter in the tank...

[FredTransit]

I know the diesel has a return, but we have at least on conversion running a petrol sender, and somewhere along the line on of the petrols has a diesel sender. I know, I can hear you saying swap them over, but as both are working fine, best not fix something that isn't broken!

[Gunslinger]

pictures might be good, that way thye are here to help people identify them infuture