restart procedure
#1
12-11-2008, 10:39 PM
restart procedure
I let someone use my truck and they ran out of fuel. Put fuel in and won't start. I didn't want to keep cranking it and drain the batteries. I there a procedure to restart? It's a S-60 engine.
#3
12-12-2008, 12:32 AM
There is not a way around it either. No amount of cranking will do anything other than destroy your starter. If this is beyond what you can or will do, it should only take a good roadside mechanic 10 minutes or so to get you going again. I am ashamed to admit that if you had a Cat I would be able to detail the procedure step by painful step from way too much experience.
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#5
12-12-2008, 02:24 AM
electric fuel pump plumed into the feul line just before the mechanical fuel pump turn pump on wait about 2 mins for fuel pump to pressure up and start engine, run for about a min or so then disconnect the electric pump and rehook the line from the tank nack up to the mechanical fuel pump, has worked for us for yrs when ever a detroit has run out of fuel.
#6
12-12-2008, 02:47 AM
Thanks for the input. Glad I didn't keep cranking it. It has a Davco filter. Looks like there is a cap that comes off the top to fill it. Davco says this is the procedure when you first install a Davco.
#9
12-13-2008, 03:21 AM
You got lucky!
Usually when it's completely bone dry, just filling the filter won't do anything, as the pump cannot suck it up anyways. I'm willing to bet it wasn't completely dry.
#10
12-20-2008, 07:52 AM
You were lucky mate. I run one dry in a K104 several years ago and it was a major PITA!!! We needed an electric fuel pump to pressure diesiel through the fuel lines and if memory serves there were two bleeders that had to be opened to get the fuel right through the system. It definitely wasnt a 2 minute job. First sign that the sucker is about to run out just pull over and shut down ASAFP!!
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