Woo Hoo! Shaun back on the road!

[pygmypotomus]

Thanks to Trevor, Shaun is starting well and back in action. It turned out to be a faulty fuel pump, after all that. He's installing my overdrive for me now.

Yay!

[mlp141]

Now, aren't you glad you didn't bail on him?!

[galen211]

Just in time for MAR and Robesonia!

[pygmypotomus]

Ai yai yai....

[crazyfish]

Updates?

[MDDisco]

Congrats, i thought I remember a while back trying to off load her. Glad to see you got her running.

[pygmypotomus]

Shaun was running well when I picked him up from Trevor, except for a scary leak. We replaced that gasket - end of leak problem. But now he won't start again! We have bled the lines but Matt says it feels like the pump is pushing air back in.

We really need some help here. Can anybody lend a hand? I feel like an utter idiot. I will be happy to pay in cash / acupuncture / handknit clothing if anyone can get this beast running.

Please call...
Me 484-238-8127
Matt 484-238-8126

[Ken Heaton]

Is there gas in the tank? How old is the gas?

[pygmypotomus]

We tried putting new diesel in. No dice.

[Rob P]

I'm no LR expert but I know what makes engines tick (tock), I'd say a large quantity of air was allowed into the system during the mentioned gasket change. Diesels absolutely do not like air in the lines. Lots of bleeding is required to get them fired up again. If there is air in the individual injection lines they need bled out other wise the air column in the line just bounces instead of actually getting pushed out as diesel gets pushed in.

There might be lots of air bubbles.

How does LR do their diesels? Is there a pusher pump in the tank or does the injection pump draw/pull the fuel up on it's own?