[AT] 3 cyl diesel problems

[rbrooks at hvc.rr.com]

I’ve had a lot of success starting hard to start diesels by spraying WD-40 into the intake

Bob

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> On Oct 27, 2019, at 3:53 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Anybody use propane/MAPP?  Unlit torch pointing into the air box.  I use it on reluctant gasoline engines with a fair amount of success, but not so sure about diesel.  Since we're talking about gas-soaked rags or gas-soaked air filters on diesel engines, seems like a similar approach.  
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> SO
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>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 3:37 PM Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com> wrote:
>> Be careful using this method. A few weeks ago my son watched a new hand try this on a crane engine by dosing the air cleaner with gas. Crane engine started and ran away throwing chunks out the side of the engine. Replacement engine from Germany was $60K, which company paid for by no longer paying the person who did it.
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>> Moral is that while this method works, you need to be able to control how much gas it gets, and be able to pull the gas source away quickly.
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>> Dennis
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>> > On Oct 27, 2019, at 8:36 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
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>> > I have had this problem before on a few engines that had weak fuel pumps.   I get a large rag soaked in gasoline and hold it over the air intake.  Not completely cutting off the air, but making sure the gasoline fumes are getting into the air intake. After finding this method, I have not used a primer pump since. Got caught on the side of I-40 with a truck that had fuel in one tank and ran out of the other.  I walked over to a truck stop, got a can of gas and a stack of red shop towels.   When I got back to the truck, I just opened up the air filter housing and poured gas on the dry filter.  it started up and ran after I pressured the other tank to send the fuel over the transfer line to the main tank......
>> > Cecil
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>> >> On 10/27/2019 7:14 AM, Milo Holroyd wrote:
>> >>> On 10/27/19 7:55 AM, ivan wrote:
>> >>> Helping a buddy out moving some dirt using a small bobcat excavator . He ran it out of fuel and thats when the problem started .  After you fill it then you use the primer bulb . It will start up ,run for about 10 seconds then sputter and die like its starving for fuel .  First try was a new fuel filter , the round spin on one bolted to the side of machine . No change . took off the fuel line where it goes into the injector pump and squeeze the primer ,fuel comes out .   He even tried grandpa's ,whack it with a hammer but failed .  Any suggestions ?    He said the engine is a kubota  3 cyl diesel . It was bought used 5 yrs ago and first tie its ever failed . Thanks , Ivan
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>> >> It is starving for fuel. Providing nothing else is abnormal, ( hoses, lines, air leaks, etc) just hold the throttle full open and it will eventually push all the air out of the system.
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>> >> You can also speed up the process if you can locate the bleeder that is most likely right on the injector pump, where the fuel supply line connects.
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