Technical need help bleeding diesel pump

[MarkMarea]

can anyone help me in telling me how to bleed the fuel system (if need be) on a 19 td marea as I have no manual and no idea

I have drained the battery trying to pump it up but when I checked the fuel lines( pump to injector) there bone dry. The filter has fuel in it and i have blew down the pipes to the tank which are clear :yuck: I cant seem to get any fuel into the engine ..help :bang: :bang:

 

[TDF]

If you look by the back of the engine, up against the bulkhead I think, theres a black fuel line (rubber) with a black bulge in it, like you have on a fuel line from a boat tank (for a ouboard) squeeze that untill it goes hard.

edit/ I took some pics so I didnt have to keep going outside and looking at stuff. You can see it in this pic.

 

[MarkMarea]

thanks tdf, It seems my car doesnt have one of them .

I,ll post some pics up tomorrow cheers!

 

[TDF]

What did you do, just run out of diesel ?

If it doesn't have one of those, it probobally has a black button on top of the fuel filter, you pump it and it does the same job.

 

[sumplug]

Think these have a self bleed system fitted and you crank engine over until it fires, or either fuel filter housing has a bleed button or a plunger in the fuel line.
Try undoing the fuel line to housing, and crank the engine. fuel should pump out. if not, you have a pump problem.

Andy.

 

[Hellcat]

TD unit should be self bleeding as far as my experience shows.

 

[Renegade_8]

Is it easy to get the filter off? you could fill the bowl, fire the car up on that and it may run long enough to self bleed out and run OK.

 

[stylers]

There is a bleed nipple on top of the injector pump, its screwed into a bigger threaded cap. loosen this a bit and either pump the squeezy pump by hand or turn engine over. when a nice flow of diesel comes out with no air bubbles, tighten bleed screw and start. attach a bit of clear tubing to the nipple if you dont want to get diesel everywhere..

Owen.