Oh man, I've been fighting with my '81 rabbit pickup diesel for probably 3 months now. Just did what you showed and it started right up, thank you so much for the video!
I just purchased a rebuilt pump and was having a difficult time getting fuel to the cylinders. Then i watched your video. Worked immediately. The car seems like its missing a bit even after driving it around the block a few times. its also smoking quite a bit. i need to adjust the timing. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Good deal! Check your timing. You may need to advance a few degrees. Diesels have to be timed dead nuts accurate. If you're certain the timing is on, comment back and I'll give you a trick or two to kick a stubborn pump in the ass. Probably sat in a warehouse shelf for a few years before you got it.
Good info! I just did some maintenance on the fuel system on my '85 VW Golf diesel - changed the fuel filter, removed and cleaned the injectors and replaced the glow plugs and now it refuses to start. Will try your technique and hope for the best.
Might go with this but do one more thing. Loosen each fuel line fitting on the top of the injectors. This is a good time to have another set of eyes. Crank the engine until you get fuel squirting from the fittings. Then tighten them down and you should be good to go. Also check your bus bar to the glow plugs and the fuel cutoff wire going to the fuel pump.
Thank you for your reply and constructive advice! One thing I did find when removing the injectors that one was heavily covered in soot at its base along with the heat shield (which was stuck and had to be coaxed out), the other injectors were clean. Would this be an indication of too much fuel or valves for that cylinder in need of adjustment...or something much worse?
Got the engine to start employing your technique, all sounds and runs good so far. Found it much easier to remove the injectors when replacing the glow plugs instead of working around them. Thanks again for the info!
Anymore I just pull the fuel pump. I've gotten pretty good on timing these guys so it's not much of a hassle to me. If you have a method that works, go for it! Glad to hear you're up and running!
Pretty much every joint with one of those hollow bolts and banjo fitting is going to have the copper/aluminum washers on both sides of the banjo. Or, each hollow bolt will have two washers to go with it. I guess they would be crush washers. I hope it makes sense. I'm not great at explaining things...
Ok yea, there's that tall hollowed hex sticking out of the top of the pump. That gets one crush washer at the base. Then there's the banjo fitting up top of that long hex and that gets two crush washers so yea I believe there'd be three washers total.
Thank you for replying. This car sat for 6 years. When parked in an unheated garage. When parked it ran fine. Im having a hard time getting it to stay running? Cleaned out air i take. Put a new fuel filter its a 1992 jetta echodiesel. I e a ? On the fuel filter with its feed and return hoses?
@@mr.dennisg.fleming723 Ok, comments are all coming out of order so I got confused. Did you mean the bus bar to the glow plugs? If it'll fire but it's hard to keep running, you might have a problem in your supply line. I've also had cantankerous diesels where I had to prime the pump with kerosene. Echodiesel should be pretty much the same as the older NA diesels.
Hey! Thanks for vid. Did something that might be stupid.... I used to charge new fuel filter with ATF on my 04 tdi jetta. I have a vanagon with AAZ in it. did the same and it started right up, then smoked and sputtered and now it won't start.... I drained the rest of the atf from the fuel filter and filled it with liquimolly diesel purge, drained that and filled it again.. think I may need to prime the pump?
Huh...Yea give it a try and pray that it didn't screw your injection pump. I guess they can handle various types of oil but I only ever use diesel. Try priming it with diesel, see what happens.
1994-2002 SAAB 900's and 9-3's have the same thing happen with the rear shock towers. They rust around where the shock mounts to the body from moisture getting trapped between the layers of the body panels. SAAB expected the shock bushings sandwiching the body to keep moisture out, but instead it just keeps moisture in. Usually the passenger side goes first, since the fuel filler neck grommet goes bad and allows water to wick down into the same area. If they'd used some seam sealer on the body panels around there, it wouldn't have been a problem. :/ And this is a German car; you'd be wrenching the scheiße out of it. c:
Thanks so much for your video. I was on the verge of having my 1985 diesel towed to a shop at probably great expense. In my case I had to inject fuel into the filter (which seemed dry) as well as the pump as you described. It took about 3 attempts before it started and ran. I was frustrated because I just replaced a glow plug and expected it to start better than before. Because of the tight clearance when changing the second plug from the right, I pushed against a couple of the injector bypass hoses. That's all it took for one of them to leak, and break the pump prime. Replacing the hoses of course didn't solve the problem because the pump prime had to be restored. Very demanding, these little German b^^ches.
Awesome info to tuck away in the old bean my good man! I've had to prime tractors and they're a lot more involved than this. Cheers!! Zip~ p.s. Hows the new toy doing?
These are pretty simple. I'm sure Fritz is working on fixing that though. That Allis is working great! I can't wait until I have the replacement drive belt to see what she'll really do!
Hey! Great video, I got a question for you! I bought a 86 golf 1.6l diesel, it was sitting for sometime, so I added fuel to the pump and it fired right up! But if shut off once the fuel was out. There is new fuel in the tank, but it looks like the pump did not suck it up, so I did what you here a couple more times but still wont suck the fuel from the tank. Thoughts?
If it will fire up for a bit when you prime it, you have a blockage in your fuel system. If it's been sitting a long time, get a new fuel filter as you'll need it anyhow. Try to siphon some fuel out as well. If you see red in there it's heating oil and believe it or not bacteria grows in it turning it to sludge. Also, check your water trap. It's about 3/4 of the way back under the car, big white plastic thing. Loosen the cap and drain any water out. Hopefully a fuel filter does it. Not a lot to go wrong with these. If it doesn't fire when you prime it, likely the 12V wire for the fuel cutoff solenoid is faulty or disconnected. Do you know how to feed it with a separate jug full of diesel? This can help you eliminate either the pump or the lines, tank, and filter. Let me know how you make out!
Also, VERY important on these, first thing you do before you even drive it, get that timing belt done! If you have to go to a shop, make it your first trip, better to take it in on a roll back or wrecker though. You don't get any warning and you don't get a second chance! Old timing belts on these can fail and it will destroy the engine. Pistons slam into the valves. Make sure and get the timing belt done. I'd also go for cam, intermediate shaft, and crank seals as well. May as well get all the belts done at that point. Might be $$$ but it'll pay off.
My injector pump no longer lifts fuel on its on when starting, I've checked all my lines no leaks. You think I need my injector pump rebuilt ? I will add a lift pump for a temporary fix to keep it on the road
That's hard to say without having it in my driveway. Has your vehicle sat for an extended length of time? I think I'd try a jug of fuel on the ground next to the vehicle and run a line from the jog to the pump and see if it will lift it from the jug. If it won't lift from the jug either, you know you've got something going on. If it will pull from the jug, you have a blockage or you missed a leak. That's the best I can do. Good luck!
Oh man, I've been fighting with my '81 rabbit pickup diesel for probably 3 months now. Just did what you showed and it started right up, thank you so much for the video!
It's a good feeling isn't it? Glad it worked out for you!
I just purchased a rebuilt pump and was having a difficult time getting fuel to the cylinders. Then i watched your video. Worked immediately. The car seems like its missing a bit even after driving it around the block a few times. its also smoking quite a bit. i need to adjust the timing. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Good deal! Check your timing. You may need to advance a few degrees. Diesels have to be timed dead nuts accurate. If you're certain the timing is on, comment back and I'll give you a trick or two to kick a stubborn pump in the ass. Probably sat in a warehouse shelf for a few years before you got it.
I just wanted thank u bro this video really help me
I was able to turn on my rabbit pk up and take a ride it was dope thanx👍
Enjoy it, take good care of it!
Worked for me too. What a lifesaver. Thank you.
Awesome. Glad I can help!
hey man thank you that worked great car started right up after I did this priming procedure👍
I love hearing that! It's all diesels mind you. Some of them like a Benz will have a primer pump right on the injection pump.
@@heliarche right some of the volvo diesels had them too but this worked great thanks for making the video
@@boostinboyz4639 I'm glad I could help. Thanks for letting me know it worked out for you, really makes my day!
Thanks for the vid amigo
You bet!
Good info! I just did some maintenance on the fuel system on my '85 VW Golf diesel - changed the fuel filter, removed and cleaned the injectors and replaced the glow plugs and now it refuses to start. Will try your technique and hope for the best.
Might go with this but do one more thing. Loosen each fuel line fitting on the top of the injectors. This is a good time to have another set of eyes. Crank the engine until you get fuel squirting from the fittings. Then tighten them down and you should be good to go. Also check your bus bar to the glow plugs and the fuel cutoff wire going to the fuel pump.
Thank you for your reply and constructive advice! One thing I did find when removing the injectors that one was heavily covered in soot at its base along with the heat shield (which was stuck and had to be coaxed out), the other injectors were clean. Would this be an indication of too much fuel or valves for that cylinder in need of adjustment...or something much worse?
Got the engine to start employing your technique, all sounds and runs good so far. Found it much easier to remove the injectors when replacing the glow plugs instead of working around them. Thanks again for the info!
Anymore I just pull the fuel pump. I've gotten pretty good on timing these guys so it's not much of a hassle to me. If you have a method that works, go for it! Glad to hear you're up and running!
@@heliarche wheres the bus bar to the injectors located?
Thank you!thank you!!🙏
You bet!
Is there a crush washer under the top nut on the primer bolt. Which would make 3 in-total?
Pretty much every joint with one of those hollow bolts and banjo fitting is going to have the copper/aluminum washers on both sides of the banjo. Or, each hollow bolt will have two washers to go with it. I guess they would be crush washers. I hope it makes sense. I'm not great at explaining things...
Ok yea, there's that tall hollowed hex sticking out of the top of the pump. That gets one crush washer at the base. Then there's the banjo fitting up top of that long hex and that gets two crush washers so yea I believe there'd be three washers total.
Thank you for replying. This car sat for 6 years. When parked in an unheated garage. When parked it ran fine. Im having a hard time getting it to stay running? Cleaned out air i take. Put a new fuel filter its a 1992 jetta echodiesel. I e a ? On the fuel filter with its feed and return hoses?
@@mr.dennisg.fleming723 Ok, comments are all coming out of order so I got confused. Did you mean the bus bar to the glow plugs? If it'll fire but it's hard to keep running, you might have a problem in your supply line. I've also had cantankerous diesels where I had to prime the pump with kerosene. Echodiesel should be pretty much the same as the older NA diesels.
Hey! Thanks for vid. Did something that might be stupid.... I used to charge new fuel filter with ATF on my 04 tdi jetta. I have a vanagon with AAZ in it. did the same and it started right up, then smoked and sputtered and now it won't start.... I drained the rest of the atf from the fuel filter and filled it with liquimolly diesel purge, drained that and filled it again.. think I may need to prime the pump?
Huh...Yea give it a try and pray that it didn't screw your injection pump. I guess they can handle various types of oil but I only ever use diesel. Try priming it with diesel, see what happens.
Personally, when priming the injection pump (and the fuel filter), I use dextron ATF rather than kerosene.
You do what feels good Man.
1994-2002 SAAB 900's and 9-3's have the same thing happen with the rear shock towers. They rust around where the shock mounts to the body from moisture getting trapped between the layers of the body panels. SAAB expected the shock bushings sandwiching the body to keep moisture out, but instead it just keeps moisture in.
Usually the passenger side goes first, since the fuel filler neck grommet goes bad and allows water to wick down into the same area. If they'd used some seam sealer on the body panels around there, it wouldn't have been a problem. :/
And this is a German car; you'd be wrenching the scheiße out of it. c:
How can they not know this? Layers always trap stuff...
Thanks so much for your video. I was on the verge of having my 1985 diesel towed to a shop at probably great expense. In my case I had to inject fuel into the filter (which seemed dry) as well as the pump as you described. It took about 3 attempts before it started and ran. I was frustrated because I just replaced a glow plug and expected it to start better than before. Because of the tight clearance when changing the second plug from the right, I pushed against a couple of the injector bypass hoses. That's all it took for one of them to leak, and break the pump prime. Replacing the hoses of course didn't solve the problem because the pump prime had to be restored. Very demanding, these little German b^^ches.
Worked for me. thank you
Nice! Keep them running!
Awesome info to tuck away in the old bean my good man! I've had to prime tractors and they're a lot more involved than this. Cheers!! Zip~ p.s. Hows the new toy doing?
These are pretty simple. I'm sure Fritz is working on fixing that
though. That Allis is working great! I can't wait until I have the
replacement drive belt to see what she'll really do!
Hey! Great video, I got a question for you! I bought a 86 golf 1.6l diesel, it was sitting for sometime, so I added fuel to the pump and it fired right up! But if shut off once the fuel was out. There is new fuel in the tank, but it looks like the pump did not suck it up, so I did what you here a couple more times but still wont suck the fuel from the tank. Thoughts?
Ok, it fired up once but didn't run for long, then you tried priming. Does it run at all when you prime the pump, even for just a moment?
If it will fire up for a bit when you prime it, you have a blockage in your fuel system. If it's been sitting a long time, get a new fuel filter as you'll need it anyhow. Try to siphon some fuel out as well. If you see red in there it's heating oil and believe it or not bacteria grows in it turning it to sludge. Also, check your water trap. It's about 3/4 of the way back under the car, big white plastic thing. Loosen the cap and drain any water out. Hopefully a fuel filter does it. Not a lot to go wrong with these. If it doesn't fire when you prime it, likely the 12V wire for the fuel cutoff solenoid is faulty or disconnected. Do you know how to feed it with a separate jug full of diesel? This can help you eliminate either the pump or the lines, tank, and filter. Let me know how you make out!
Also, VERY important on these, first thing you do before you even drive it, get that timing belt done! If you have to go to a shop, make it your first trip, better to take it in on a roll back or wrecker though. You don't get any warning and you don't get a second chance! Old timing belts on these can fail and it will destroy the engine. Pistons slam into the valves. Make sure and get the timing belt done. I'd also go for cam, intermediate shaft, and crank seals as well. May as well get all the belts done at that point. Might be $$$ but it'll pay off.
@@heliarche It ran for about 5 seconds then shut off
Yea, but does it run again if you prime the pump?
My injector pump no longer lifts fuel on its on when starting, I've checked all my lines no leaks. You think I need my injector pump rebuilt ? I will add a lift pump for a temporary fix to keep it on the road
That's hard to say without having it in my driveway. Has your vehicle sat for an extended length of time? I think I'd try a jug of fuel on the ground next to the vehicle and run a line from the jog to the pump and see if it will lift it from the jug. If it won't lift from the jug either, you know you've got something going on. If it will pull from the jug, you have a blockage or you missed a leak. That's the best I can do. Good luck!