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Old 05-20-2008, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by sd300td View Post
I pumped until fuel was coming out of the hand pump.

I figure the leak is a separate issue from the no start. Am I wrong?
In my case (i had a poor primer pump that i put up with for ages, then finally swapped out; and I primed A LOT as I installed a veg oil system)- priming has worked for me only when I had a line or that banjo bolt cracked to allow air to escape. Just pumping, with no outlet for the air, never worked for me. My old pump would leak like a sieve, and require lots of pumps, but still did the job. My new pump does not leak, requires substantially less pumping, and works- but I always crack that bolt to allow the air somewhere to go.

Could be you have a poor pump. Probably needs tons of pumping, more than one would think necessary. Likely you still have air in the system; hopefully you are not still drawing it in somewhere. But imho you absolutely must crack an injector lone or that banjo bolt and pump till no more air remains.
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