[Vwdiesel] priming the pump

[82 Diesel Westy]

Please use a Mighty Vac, NOT your lungs.  Yes, this
will work as well.


--- Rudy <petersenrudy at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I just put a clear hose on the return port on the
> Pump and suck on it till I
> see fuel, don't need to bleed the lines from Pump to
> Injectors.  Works good.
> 
> Rudy 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Val Christian
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:38 AM
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] priming the pump
> 
> This is a solicitation for tricks.
> 
> I have a 91 NA, which through sitting a while, with
> a nearly empty tank,
> pointed slightly uphill, and with 200kmiles has lost
> it's prime.  I had the
> injector harness off for GP servicing, and now don't
> get flow to bleed the
> lines.  
> 
> I'm probably going to suspend a "transfusion bottle"
> from the hood, and run
> the feed and return lines for the IP into that, to
> get things going.  But
> before I do that, I figured I'd tap the collective
> wisdom.
> 
> Once I get it going, if it continues to loose prime,
> then I'll be resealing
> the pump.  Oh, I don't think the bearings are bad. 
> Yet.
> 
> Val
> 
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp   -- running :)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA               -- running :)
92 Jetta Eco-Turbo Diesel           -- not running yet <:>
90 Audi 200, 2.2L Turbo FWD         -- runs some times, need to sell :(
70 Type 1 stock Beetle              -- Not running well :(