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Old 05-01-2011, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
what I do is unhook the return line, cap off the line going to the tank, and leave open the line leaving the filter... then hook a shop vac blowing into the fuel filler neck.
a few seconds later, fuel flows through the filters, and out the return hose... then hook it back to the return line, and voila! primed.
The problem I see with this practice is that the air coming out of the shop vac may not be clean air. Safer to use an air compressor on low pressure or a bicycle pump.
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