RAN OUT OF DIESEL NOW WONT START HELP/??

mick hannah · Post by **mick hannah** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:17 pm

Hi there
new member here and newish bongo owner ive just got a nice clean 95 bongo free top.
Not so good with diesel engines so dont know the ins and outs

right my problem is its run out of diesel. ive added two 5ltr containers into it and it still wont start

light on dash saying sediment in red?? heard i may have to bleed fuel filter??? any help would be much appreciated

thanks

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:23 pm

Welcome Mick - you shouldn't be using RED diesel

Drain off the muck dragged up from the empty tank by loosening the drain screw on the bottom of the filter housing.
Might be better to change the filter anyway. If you do, then half fill the new filter with injector cleaner and the other half with diesel - it'll start without bleeding.

antique · Post by **antique** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:34 pm

hi try pressing the manual pump on top off diesel filter housing, to prime it ?

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:36 pm

They don't all have a primer button Antique, just have to keep on gunning the starter

antique · Post by **antique** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:39 pm

hi i have 5 bongos on my drive and they all have manual priming buttons on top off filter housing ? i do not no if later bongos have got them but a lot of owners do not no there is a manual primer fitted ?

madmile · Post by **madmile** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:03 pm

I dont think the primer / no primer is an age thing. I use to service the Bongos I sell myself last year, (now get it done elsewhere), but crertainly came accross plenty without a primer. Certainly need a good battery to self prime then.

mick hannah · Post by **mick hannah** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:25 pm

hi again
thanks for the help i think i know what i have to do.
could someone tell me where exactly the fuel pump is located??
better still a pic would be nice

thanks in advance

bongoing-mad-simon · Post by **bongoing-mad-simon** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 4:46 pm

hi mick
my pump primer is under drivers seat,next to air filter casing.

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mick hannah · Post by **mick hannah** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:53 pm

right lads
ive done as you have said ie taken filter off filled with diesel and fitted back on.
van started first time bit smoky but soon cleared running nice and smooth but 10 minutes later started stuttering then cut out again now back to square 1
mine is the automatic primer as it doesnt have the pump on top

any help would be much appreciated
thanks

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:23 pm

Sounds like you've sucked up a load of muck and your filter is blocked. Try loosening an injector and then cranking engine, to see if fuel is getting through.

Ozric · Post by **Ozric** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:25 pm

Did you clean the filter mesh / replace the fuel filter?

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:31 pm

Is it possible for the fuel line to get blocked at the fuel tank end? is there a technique for blowing back into the line if so? Techie advice needed

andyfb78 · Post by **andyfb78** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:19 pm

Having spent far too many hours fixing the bongo fuel system I have done the whole clean and bleed.

the areas that might get blocked are the obvious filter and the little filter under the bango where the pipe meets the fuel pump ( about 2" down under a spring).

The pump self primes. An empty tank requires more than two cans worth of fuel to pick up properly. It will start and cough and need restarting several times to fill the system properly.

Some filter have priming pumps others don't (mine doesn't) but as said earlier the engine elf primes so just keep tryin it. took me about 4 start cough stops before it cleared.

Check you haven't squashed a pipe.

If this doesn't help you may have a more serious problem, but if it was fine before running out there is no reason why it should have.

Good luck

Andy

mick hannah · Post by **mick hannah** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:06 pm

Nice one lads
new filter sorted the problem out

thanks for all the help

tigs · Post by **tigs** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:28 pm

Glad it was a bloke. . . . . . .

soz