changed fuel filter now no start help asap

[93cc7.3]

As the title states I changed my fuel filter filled it with sea foam chranked a few times bleed the valve and cracked a few injectors but still no start. I've got fuel comming out the valve but have yet to get much at all out the injectors its been 2 hours charging thr battires now. Any help would be awesome

 

[TWeatherford]

First off double check that the fuel filter is installed correctly. Second check to make sure the fuel shutoff solenoid is working (its on the injection pump, with the key on you should be able to unplug it and plug it back in and hear it click). Its possible though not likely that you bumped it and disconnected it while working under the hood. Been there done that.

Most likely you're just needing to bleed all the air out of the fuel system. I usually do this with a 10 amp charge going on the batteries. Crack all the injector lines a little. Crank 15-20 seconds at full throttle until each injector nut has fuel seeping around it. Tighten them all back up and you should be running. You could also disable your glowplug system until you think it has fuel to save wear on that.

 

[GenLightening]

I don't know that it will run on 100% Seafoam. You may try dumping it out and refilling it with diesel and then purge the air and Seafoam.

 

[93cc7.3]

Ok I cracked 2 lines loose but didn't help I did check the fss so I guess ill crack them all open and try then

 

[93cc7.3]

Got it thanks so much for the help OB is the first place I came to a sucess once againg

 

[FORDF250HDXLT]

everyone who switched to an electric fuel pump is reading this with memories im sure and grinning ear to ear.
search for the conversion threads all over the idi section here 93cc and say goodbye to such headaches for good.

 

[TWeatherford]

I haven't found an electric fuel pump that will get me 100k+ miles down the road, especially running vegetable oil, especially for $36. I am one that switched from an electric back to a mechanical fuel pump. Its really not that hard to bleed a fuel system, and with care you rarely need to.

 

[icanfixall]

Yes... An electric fuel pump makes a big differance. You change the filter. Turn on the key... Listen for the pump and bleed the mt filter and start....

 

[93cc7.3]

ya an eletric pump is on the wish list

 

[Rot Box]

I had a Holley Red on my last IDI and it advanced the pump so much that it ran like total dog poop. I did put it all together in my mind until after I sold the truck If you consider this option be sure to run a regulator

 

[MIDNIGHT RIDER]

>>> YOU CAN RUN BOTH <<<

I would never trust an electric pump as my only means of fuel supply.

I do, however, have a Carter electric plumbed in a by-pass.

I have all the advantages of the electric pump, plus the dependability and longevity of the mechanical.

The electric only gets turned ON when it is needed.

I have a valved quik-couple that I can connect a hose onto to pump fuel from any of my three tanks into anything from a Dixie-cup to a bulldozer, whatever the need may be.

I also have a valved return-line bypass that allows me to transfer the fuel from any tank into any tank; this little convenience gets real handy whenever a tank is full and needs to be empty.


I can turn ON the electric to pre-charge the fuel system, thus negating any chance of air in the lines.




All that being said, on an IDI, or any diesel engine for that matter, you should NEVER have to bleed anything when all that is done is a filter change.

If filling the filter FULL does not allow starting, then you have a drain-back situation that needs be addressed.

Install a check-valve in the filter outlet and see if the next filter change doesn't go easier.

 

[-=DeanstuD=-]

I don't know that it will run on 100% Seafoam. You may try dumping it out and refilling it with diesel and then purge the air and Seafoam.

Just FYI, yes it will run on 100% Seafoam.

 

[93cc7.3]

there ended up being more issues like no glow plugs and the filter was off more longer than expected because of wif sensor issues and such it never started very well but now its a ton better

 

[icanfixall]

These motors will absolutely run on 100% Seafoam but.... Don't ever pour in down the intake. The motor will over speed and run a way with you. The injection pump is the only govener for the fuel being fed to the motor. If you pour in into the intak the motor will run on it unrestricted. No amount of trying to kill the motor will stop it. If you have something to block the intake with then and only then will it stop. No air and the motor stops.... No fuel and the motor stops.... We don't need spark to make our diesels run... Only need 9 volts to open the fuel shutoff solenoid.... Also you do not need a fuel pressure regulater when using a Holley Red electric pump but you do when you run the Holley Blue pump.....