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Vehicle & Technical => Series Land Rovers => Topic started by: baron von ledwidge on February 11, 2008, 12:33:05

Title: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: baron von ledwidge on February 11, 2008, 12:33:05

Ok some of you may have seen my last topic about help i think i have finally hit the route of the problems ( the guy who re built my engine had frogot to fit the splined shaft to the injection timing pump so it was not being actuated). I now have to try to bleed it all up, i have bled it quite a lot and got fuel at a reasonable pressure out of the bleed screws what is the best way to ramp up the pressure to the injectors and what order should they be tightened in?
thanks
aaron

Title: Re: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: ian_s on February 11, 2008, 16:15:44

The way i used to bleed mine was to bleed using the lift pump handle with the two screws open, then once you have fuel at both of those, get someone else to crank the engine over on the starter while you watch the injector pipes, as each one starts to spurt fuel out, tighten it down. using full throttle helps here, as it tries to put more fuel through.
(if you get to much fuel through yell at your assistant to stop!)

i think someone else mentioned this in your other thread, its a popular way of doing it.

the lazy way of doing it is to bleed those two screws by hand, then just crank it til it fires
dont over work your starter motor though, and make sure your battery is fully charged.

Title: Re: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: baron von ledwidge on February 13, 2008, 18:59:07

Ah cool cool yeh ill keep trying as i didnt have the best battery i may try to tow start it hopefully the extra pressure will compress the air enough to open the injectors i think im just gonna have to keep trying tho i thik your right an assistant will help
thanks
aaron

Title: Re: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: SimonHarwood on February 13, 2008, 22:17:58

Make sure that you have bled it by hand first to the fuel filter - with all other bleed points closed, then to the injector pump - with just the bleed point on the injector pump open, before you bleed the injectors.
The Haynes "Land Rover Series 3" manual is actually quite useful - it was written before they became a bunch of spanners.

Title: Re: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: baron von ledwidge on February 19, 2008, 22:42:06

Hey thanks for all your help, i have now got her running it did resemble the battle of the somme tho lots of smoke thin some injector cleaner is in order but with a short tow she fired up, now its time for the mot so no doubt i will have more questions lol
aaron

Title: Re: Bleeding a Series 3 Diesel Help needed
Post by: ian_s on February 21, 2008, 21:10:50

thats good to hear :)