Thread: Will Leaking Top Bolt In OM617 Spin-On Fuel Filter Cause Air To Get Into Fuel System?
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Old 07-27-2014, 10:15 AM
Phillytwotank Phillytwotank is online now
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I say that would be more likely for fuel to leak out at that spot than for air to leak in. That spot is downstream from the lift pump. So, it should be under positive fuel pressure after everything is primed up and pumping. A leak there may cause the pump to loose prime after it sits tho.
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