car has been stood about 5 weeks without being  started. put battery on todayand it fired and attempted to run for a few seconds but after that nothing! tried jump start ,but no.

i am assuming fuel has drained back and i need to bleed it ! tried cracking the injectors but to no avail.

i will attempt again in the morning after battery has been on charge again. i will remove and top up fuel filter first and then i was going to use a hand pump to draw fuel through to the pump.

question is-is the pipe which connects to the pump where the the "bleed nozzle/nipple" is ,- the pump feed pipe? That is the one that i was going to connect the "hand pump" to.

Edited 7 March, 201412 yr by tibsy

The fuel filter may be empty. It happens on my 1.9d occasionally when she's been sitting a week or two. 

Try adding fresh diesel to the fuel filter. Do this by removing the pipe going into it from the tank and connecting one end of a piece of fuel pipe (or similar) to the inlet stub on the filter and push a funnel into the other end of the pipe. Slowly pour some clean diesel into the funnel and allow any air bubbles to rise to the surface. When no more air comes out, the filter is full. A completely empty filter will need just under a pint of diesel.

 

Or you can remove both the pipe from the tank and the one going to the injector pump and allow the air to escape that way as you fill. When diesel emerges from the outlet pipe, the filter's full.

 

Reconnect the pipes and try starting the engine. It should fire after a few turns.

thanks ishmael, can you or anyone confirm which pipe -from filter to injection pump- is the feed pipe? ( i didn`t notice to see if there are any arrows on the filter connections) in case i need to "draw some fuel through" :think:

Edited 7 March, 201412 yr by tibsy

The feed pipe runs from the outlet stub on the filter along the side of the engine. It's paired with a similar pipe, which is a return line, and goes from the injector pump to a plastic valve on top of the filter, which is held in place with a spring clip.

It's the pipe connected to the filter outlet stub that's the feed pipe to the injector pump. 

 

Let us know how you get on.

all sorted . i removed the  plastic valve and topped up the filter, refitted valve.

Then i removed the feed pipe( next to nipple on pump) and attached a hand pump. After drawing fuel through to that point, i replaced pipe and cracked of a couple of  injectors slightly.

After 2-3 short bursts off cranking she fired up and then i cracked /tightened each injector to make sure all the air was out!

thanks for your advice ishmael. :beer: