Rob19
Member
- Posts
- 10
- Location
- Leominster
Morning All,
I'm having trouble purging air from the fuel system on the 300TDi in my pre-Defender 90 after fitting a new sender unit in the tank. Have replaced all hoses, remade joints in the fuel circuit and installed new lift pump. Priming the filter bowl by hand takes forever. The engine starts and runs OK if I crack open the bleed screw on the filter but runs roughly and stalls if its nipped up.
I've heard that the 300 is self purging. Can anyone confirm? This may be a daft question but when I checked the new pump output with clear hose it seemed to be pushing out slugs of air with the fuel. This isn't right, surely?
The old pump also does the same.
TIA.......
Rob.
I'm having trouble purging air from the fuel system on the 300TDi in my pre-Defender 90 after fitting a new sender unit in the tank. Have replaced all hoses, remade joints in the fuel circuit and installed new lift pump. Priming the filter bowl by hand takes forever. The engine starts and runs OK if I crack open the bleed screw on the filter but runs roughly and stalls if its nipped up.
I've heard that the 300 is self purging. Can anyone confirm? This may be a daft question but when I checked the new pump output with clear hose it seemed to be pushing out slugs of air with the fuel. This isn't right, surely?
The old pump also does the same.
TIA.......
Rob.
Twas indeed the new Britpart sender unit adding copious amounts of air into the pick-up pipe. Most likely a leaky attachment of the sensor to the pipe. Trouble is there doesn't seem to be anything in the way of an alternative source - all the other suppliers have what looks remarkably like the same thing. Just pot luck as to whether you get one that works I guess. Thanks for your input.
