Thread: Puma fuel system query

The easy way is to prefill the new filter with clean diesel before fitting. No bleeding required then.

JC

Land Rover recommend a specialized fuel priming pump. There available from the odd place in Oz or you can make your own (There a tread on here that covers that)
I bought mine from CCW Tools in the UK. I guy I work with lives there, so he hand carried it back to work for me.

See CCW Tools link below


Diesel & Petrol Engine Service Tools --- Sealey & Draper Tools - CCW-Tools


Cheers Craig

Craig,

Unless the vehicle has been run out of fuel, then the tool is not required in my experience. When servicing these I just fill the new filter and all is fine.

JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Craig,

Unless the vehicle has been run out of fuel, then the tool is not required in my experience. When servicing these I just fill the new filter and all is fine.

JC

Thanks for that JC.
Good to know, makes life a lot easier.
I had some fuel issues a year or so back and I had a good yak with the workshop manager at the dealer about it. He recommended getting a priming tool if I intended doing some serious traveling. That and the tread a while back on the forum about the same thing. I thought 17 pounds was cheap insurance when you’re stuck out the middle of nowhere.
No matter as long as we can keep the wheel turning, that’s all that counts.
Craig

I have replaced the original filter and housing with one that has an inbuilt hand primer for this reason. Works a treat. Better filtration as a bonus, 5 micron. Unplug fuel line at pump, pump with hand primer until fuel flows out (cleaning lines in process), no problems. I have replaced all lines with flexible rubber fuel hose and got rid of that ridiculas fuel cooler/heater which caused me grief first time in the bush (brush broke coolant lines off!!)

Originally Posted by Nera Donna

Land Rover recommend a specialized fuel priming pump. There available from the odd place in Oz or you can make your own (There a tread on here that covers that)
I bought mine from CCW Tools in the UK. I guy I work with lives there, so he hand carried it back to work for me.

See CCW Tools link below


Diesel & Petrol Engine Service Tools --- Sealey & Draper Tools - CCW-Tools


Cheers Craig

Have you actually used the Draper tool yet?

I bought that exact one many months ago and when I came to use it for the first time last weekend I found that the connectors were a fraction too small. It was not possible to obtain an airtight seal and basically it did not work and was useless.

Still looking for a supplier of the correct sized fittings. Anyone know?

I bought the one with the orange coloured fittings from over east (been a while and I honestly can’t remember the trader’s name, sorry!). We’ve got a few Transits in work and I supported the beer economy to get the workshop manager to give me a tutorial in using the contraption! Clipped on fine and sucked diesel as advertised... I must admit though, there wasn’t any air in the system at the time as this was just a demo on a working vehicle.

Same briefings though, fill the filter with diesel and you shouldn’t need it. I’m just keeping it handy in the box with the jumper leads and assorted odds for that “just in case” event.

Originally Posted by P38ace

Have you actually used the Draper tool yet?

I bought that exact one many months ago and when I came to use it for the first time last weekend I found that the connectors were a fraction too small. It was not possible to obtain an airtight seal and basically it did not work and was useless.

Still looking for a supplier of the correct sized fittings. Anyone know?

No mines still in the plastic bag, sitting in the back of the truck.
Damn it's good to know that all is is not as it seems.
Rather find out now, than in the heat of battle when your stuck somewhere.
Well at least we're all in the know now and can attend to business. With JC advice theres always another option, so all is not lost.
When I get home I'll sus out mine and if I find a solution I'll let you know.

Cheers
Craig