another tip on priming your engine!

[colbystephens]

so i'm a dumbass... my fuel gauge doesn't work - always reads full. gotta find that ground wire (i think) and get it reattached. anyway, ran outta fuel today... major bummer because claire was SUPER late to class... oops!

so someone brought me some more diesel - couple of gallons. i poured it in, but didn't have a wrench to crack the injector lines to purge the air. fortunately i had stopped on a hill - so i thought if i tried to bump start it, that it might work.

i dropped the clutch while in 4th gear and got the engine spinning over. it took 3 tries to get the engine to run on it's own (without the help of the transmission forcing it to turn over), but sure enough it roared to life and i was on my way!

so, the moral of the story is this: if you have a manual tranny behind your 6.2 and it needs to be primed, dropping the clutch can make it happen!

 

[Russell]

We did that on a buddy's truck once, he tried his best to bleed it the conventional way until I convinced him to just let me pull him in my truck. One quick spin around the block was all it took to get that old 6.2L rattling away!

 

[tRustyK5]

Done the same thing with a friends old Tubro diesel Volvo wagon...several times. lol

Rene

 

[kennyw]

My old 6.2L would fire up after 2-3 tries on the starter when I ran it out of fuel... but then again I got really good at shutting it down fast at the first sign I was running out before completely pumping the lines full of fuel.

 

[BKinzey]

What?

I would think even a 3 legged dog would be smart enough to watch the Fuel Gauge!

 

[kennyw]

When you cross the country 10 times in a year you learn where all the cheapest fuel stops are... Normally you can hit the same ones, but occasionally a head wind or larger than normal load will bring you up short 10 miles from the truck stop. Wasn't a big deal because I always carried an extra 5 gallons on me.

If you catch it when it bucks the first time, shut off the key and coast to a stop on the side of the road, pour in the extra five gallons, then hit the key it never causes a problem.

 

[imiceman44]

When you cross the country 10 times in a year you learn where all the cheapest fuel stops are... Normally you can hit the same ones, but occasionally a head wind or larger than normal load will bring you up short 10 miles from the truck stop. Wasn't a big deal because I always carried an extra 5 gallons on me.

If you catch it when it bucks the first time, shut off the key and coast to a stop on the side of the road, pour in the extra five gallons, then hit the key it never causes a problem.

I know exactly what you mean, I am doing that now with my big rig, but I have more room and reserve so now I have spots that are comfortably spaced for my range even with head wind or more speed or full load (80k)
I learned more about the southern route now and I will not be stopping every 200 miles to fill up with cheaper fuel.