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99 2500 won't start after fuel filter swap.

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Old 02-15-2015, 03:56 PM
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I got one of my cylinders to fire yesterday...and then the batteries died lol. My roommate is currently sleeping off a bender, and then I'll have him open his hood so I can hopefully fire the beast up.
 
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Originally Posted by CollinDow
I was under the impression that just bumping to get the fuel pump going was good enough. I'll have to go out and crank the poor bastard like mad in the morning, then!

Nope nope nope. You've gotta get the fuel out of the lines all the way up to the injectors. If you skip a couple, it'll fire up and run really rough until the remaining lines get bled out.

With my airdog, I haven't had to prime the fuel system once, it just takes a couple of seconds to crank it over and light.
 



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