Re: [MV] A challenging problem

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 09:54:47 PDT


At 9:51 AM -0700 5/16/03, Employee@MilVeh.com wrote:
>M35a2 turbo multi-fuel:
>
>Here is what I have going on:
>
>If I disconnect the fuel line at the top of the fuel
>tank and then I go an open the petcock at the fuel
>filters on the engine and then I give it a very short
>blast some air into the main line... messy, but a rag
>contains most of it... then put it all back together
>after bleeding out any ambient air at the filters...
>the dang truck fires right up! Vrrooom, no problems!
>
>It's my opinion that somehow air must leaking into the
>system and be forming an embolism or that it doesn't
>pull fuel under enough pressure to start it.

Is there a way to change or tighten the fittings on the fuel supply lines?

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