Thread: Stuck in Halls Creek....ARGH Again

hi there again.

prob already done it. but any way of using chemy weld around the injector.
i used it to fix a split in my radiaor hose, lasted 3 days. good luck.

was up there 7 weeks ago great trip, but still waiting for my landy back from the mech. in perth.

Sorry to hear...

You mean the bolt that goes from the fuel filter to the injector pump?

If you have another filter inline, you could bypass that filter by cutting the hard lines in and out and connecting them with some fuel hose. (that may also solve your air problem???)

As a temporary fix to your main problem, pressurising the fuel tank using your compressor should get it to run continuously? Also, if you have a pinhole/air leak somewhere, doing this and looking over all the lines and filters may show you where.

I have only had problems like that twice. Once when I changed the CAV filter on the chassis (converted sedimenter) and it wasn't sealing perfectly for some reason, and once when the hand pump unscrewed itself (to the position for hand priming).

Nice place halls Creek!!!! not.

I wouldnt want to be stuck there get some parts flown up from Broome today. 2 nights in halls Ck is one to many.

Mate I have an almost identical problem with my car except I never got as far as 20km's. Mine turned out to be the fuel hose going to the tank pick up wasn't quiet tight enough, this allowd me to get about 10km's down the road (sometimes less) before the air in the lines caught up with the pump.
Seeing as you have removed the tank try there first.
Good luck mate, if you need anything drop me a PM, I have a fair bit of fuel related stuff hangin around from my rebuild. Unsure of where exactly Halls Ck is in WA but parts from Darwin have to be quicker than Vic

I experienced air being sucked into the fuel system at Eighty Mile Beach (WA) about 10 years ago after I did a minor service (oils, filters etc). After about four hours of checking everything, I discovered that the flat rubber/neoprene washer on the sedimenter drain plug had a very slight lip on it and wasn't seating properly - turned it over and all was good once again. Got home OK, replaced it and added a spare to the parts box.

Roger