Thread: when a 300Tdi - runs dry of fuel - what then?

when fuel runs out, all the pumping in the world wont help if you havent re fueled the tank........only one way to find out how far the needle goes on your rig it so take it for a "test drive" Kramer style.

btw, Ive never run out of fuel so never had to prime mine

Originally Posted by uninformed

when fuel runs out, all the pumping in the world wont help if you havent re fueled the tank........only one way to find out how far the needle goes on your rig it so take it for a "test drive" Kramer style.

btw, Ive never run out of fuel so never had to prime mine

hmmm, i thought the refueling part is obvious enough to be assumed to have been done, in any case yes after i add fuel, is it easy enough to prime?, i have heard people relate the difficulty of priming this or that particular system,

I ran out of fuel on the 300 tdi and after filling I just pumped it with the starter motor and it kicked soon enough. I rate that as easy.

as has been written many a time on aulro. 300tdi self prime on the starter.
Zero hand pumps required assuming your lift pump is in order.

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I've always primed by hand (lever is on the lift pump, crack the bleed on the filter and pump until a continuous stream) rather than cranking on the starter motor as I don't like the idea of running an IP dry, but many people have had problems with lift pump failure after manually stroking the lift pump, so take your pick.

I've always primed by hand (lever is on the lift pump, crack the bleed on the filter and pump until a continuous stream)

it helps if you have a lever on the lift pump to do this and no matter how hard i look i can't find one on my 300TDi

300tdi self prime on the starter.
Zero hand pumps required assuming your lift pump is in order.

thats the only way i can do mine apart from putting an air line in the neck of the fuel tank and pushing the fuel forward carefully!

Originally Posted by bigcarle

it helps if you have a lever on the lift pump to do this and no matter how hard i look i can't find one on my 300TDi
thats the only way i can do mine apart from putting an air line in the neck of the fuel tank and pushing the fuel forward carefully!

The OE one and the two aftermarket ones I have all have primer levers.

Not saying yours doesn't have one, but it's unusual.

Bloody hell, how often are you guys running out of fuel? I know I can't see my gauge at night, but damn.....