Fwd: [Vwdiesel] Ran out of fuel?-what to do?

[Bart Wineland]

Michael,

The pumps are self priming but it can take quite a bit of cranking 
sometimes before it fires. You can crack open one of the injector lines at 
the injector while cranking it and it will leak fuel pretty good if it is 
getting it. The fuel lines can be taken off from the filter that feeds the 
pump and from the outlet banjo and filled with fuel from a squirt bottle to 
speed up the priming process. Hold a good strong light behind the "clear" 
section or "used to be clear" section of the fuel input line to the pump to 
make sure you are not seeing a lot of bubbles in the line. If it is getting 
air in the line it either won't even try to start or won't run worth a 
crap. Check that you are getting power to the glowplug bus bar with a test 
light. Doesn't tell you if all the plugs are good but since it was starting 
before in colder weather at least most of them must have been ok. Maybe the 
fuse got popped?

hang in there,

Bart


>It was very low on diesel when I took it to the shop.......I wonder if
>they've run it out of diesel and if so, how do I get it primed?
>Or is just a matter of dumping a couple gallons ( a few liters) of magic
>juice in the tank and hope for the best?