kmicheal30,

Your troubles began when you "fixed something that wasn't broken". Learn from this experience.

You should have just tried to start it and not F***** with it when you didn't know what you were doing. It probably would have started unless the fuel was contaminated with fungus and couldn't get thru the filters, but this is rare. Diesel fuel is not like gasoline, it doesn't deteriorate. I used Diesel fuel that was over 10 years old with no noticeable difference.

What did you do with the fuel you took out? It you still have it, put it back in the tank, there is nothing wrong it unless it has fungus in it. Then it and the fuel system must be treated with a funguscide such as Biocor.

BTW, you are actually trying to start with the old fuel because it takes a while after the engine is running for the new fuel to get to the engine.

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