Date:         Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:48:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Diesel questions
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I'm helping a friend get a 1.6 Diesel engine running that had'nt ran since 2004. Success! It finally started last night and runs perfect.
Well, I thought it should because the car only has 61,000 original miles.

The fuel smelled like varnish, so according to a source on the net , I loosened the injector line unions and cranked the engine, flushing it with Diesel injector cleaner in a can from the filter -end of the line.

Tightened back up the unions, stuck the end of the fuel line from the filter into the can, sealed the spout with a rag, inverted the can and the engine ran perfectly for five minutes till it used up the can of cleaner.

I connected the line back to the filter, put two gallons of fresh Diesel into the tank, put the pump isn't getting any fuel.
The filter is now suspect.

I'm sure those who are Diesel experts here know what to do in this encountering this problem.
Might  bad fuel have clogged the fuel filter ?

It's looking like the owner's car had a fuel supply problem all along.
I know nothing about the fuel filter /seperator. Is the little bolt on top of the filter bracket a air bleeder?
And how often do you have to drain the filter from the bottom?

thanks for your input.

Robert
1982 Westfalia