You should have filled the fuel filter with diesel fuel or diesel purge before installing it. The OM606 doesn't have a hand pump for priming like the older engines did. The system is self priming, but you will have to crank it for a very long time to fill up that filter.

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Rick Miley
2014 Tesla Model S
2018 Tesla Model 3
2017 Nissan LEAF
Former MB: 99 E300, 86 190E 2.3, 87 300E, 80 240D, 82 204D Euro
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