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Old 23-12-2007, 12:12 AM
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Hi after taking the tank out of my vauxhall brava truck and refitting it the thing wont start ive bled the filter ,opened up the the injector unions spun her over nothing .How can i bleed the engine to get some fuel up there to start please help .neil
Old 23-12-2007, 07:20 AM
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Can you not gravity feed the pump from a small container to get it started, I have done this when people have misfuelled, I did it once myself.
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did u bleed the lift bump???
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