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fuel issues

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:07 pm
by duck
well i just put a new tank in kindly thanks to loan rangie who i got it off but now i connected it and every thing but now im not getting fuel to the crabies, do i need to bleed the fuel lines, the fuel pupe is working i think well it clicks like its working so any one got ideas???

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:20 pm
by Loanrangie
Duck, did you blow the inlet/ outlet of the tank ? may have those wasps that like to make mud nests in small holes.

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:24 pm
by Bighazza
Find a place where you can disconnect the fuel line say..... near the fuel filter and suck the petrol up though the line

but..... be careful dont suck it up to fast or you get a mouth full of petrol :roll:

This is what i had to do to my Landcruiser, i dont know if the rangies are different though??

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 7:26 pm
by Loanrangie
Or just disconnect at the filter( engine bay) and switch ignition on and see if it pumps, are you using the fuel tap ?

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:11 pm
by duck
iv disconected it at the fuel filter and blew out the line from there to the fuel put then from the pump to the tank then from the outlet on the tank,so fuel comes out but the pump is pumping, cant even suck up fuck and yes a big mouth full of fuel tasts like shit hazza

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:10 pm
by Bighazza
so you got it running then?

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:21 pm
by duck
nar not yet hazza

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:48 pm
by Loanrangie
How about now ? so it was running before you swapped the tanks or were you having probs then ?

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:00 pm
by RangingRover
Have you disconnected the fuel line at the inlet side of the filter and turned the ignition on, like Loanrangie said? If you are getting fuel there, check your filter for blockages.

If not, disconnect the fuel line from the outlet of the pump, turn the ignition on and see if fuel comes out there. If so, obviously something is wrong between there and the filter.

If not, check that you have your hoses on the right outlets on the tank. Also, fill a jar with fuel, put a bit of hose from the fuel pump inlet into the jar, and another from the pump outlet back into the jar, then turn ignition on, to check if the pump is actually pumping.

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:10 pm
by duck
all fixed now, there was shit in the tank

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:47 pm
by Loanrangie
duck wrote:all fixed now, there was shit in the tank
Duck, i distinctly remember telling you and your brother to put 1/2 a litre of fuel in it to flush out the crap since it has been sitting under my house for 6 years ! :D

Glad it turned out to something simple.

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:32 pm
by duck
Loanrangie wrote:
duck wrote:all fixed now, there was shit in the tank
Duck, i distinctly remember telling you and your brother to put 1/2 a litre of fuel in it to flush out the crap since it has been sitting under my house for 6 years ! :D

Glad it turned out to something simple.
lol i did it 2 or 3 times, there was fuel every where in the street but then it must have still been in there lol o well it works now

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:12 pm
by Loanrangie
So where are you going to go now that you can carry 170 litres of fuel ? - to the bank for a mortgage ! :D