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

Originally Posted by toc_bat

well i did it tonight, ran out of fuel, but by this time was carrying a 5L container of fuel as i knew it was gonna come at some point, anyway like a few other posters i found to my surprise it only took a few seconds of cranking, which cant possibly equate to 50 odd strokes of the lift pump, i was very happy as it was dark and rainy when it happened, my old xantia would go flat on the battery if i tried it without manually priming, Land Rover is good for one thing i guess although it has a massive water leak! as i had just discovered with all this rain, (have only done 400km in this car) i think it is the rhs curved roof window

thats because if you just run out of fuel youve only drawn a little bit of air into the system the filter is still mostly primed

the cranking speed of the tdi300 is quite high, so it wont take long to pump it enough to fill just the lines from the tank to the filter and into the IP....

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

i didnt run mine out of fuel but when i replaced the head on my 300TDi, it was parked in my steepish sloped driveway, rear downwards so i can bleed the cooling system better when job finished.
i also did the injector pump at the same time so i had the fuel lines disconnected and found out apon reinstall that the fuel had receded back to the tank, long story short i had to put an air hose in the neck of the tank to get the fuel back up to the injector pump from there it was pretty straight forward. it took a while to bleed properly but came good.this was on the starter as my lift pump doesn't have a handle, which is unusual