Junior Burger mistake. Fuel Filter Change. HELP!

[makiomoto]

Hi there
I'm a pretty handy sort of chap and an aircraft technician by day. However....I have let air into the pump changing fuel filters.
I am embarrased to say I don't know how to bleed my Holden Rodeo 4JB1T injector pump. Where the hell is the screw?
I have changed filters twice before and all I did was screw it on, pump till I felt some resistance and drove away. Was I just really lucky?
This time it was more like: Pack the truck with all the stuff for our holiday, pump the pump for ages but never got all that much resistance, drove 50 meters, pushed 50 meters back, looked for screw, sun went down, gave up, took other (Very small) car.
Cheers guys!
James

[bonkers]

on mine there is a 10mm bolt on the primer pump...not sure if thats what your after..

[geeves]

Taking the pipe of to the injector pump normaly gets round this but it is also possible that there is a bit of gunge stuck in the priming pump. Fairly easy to pull apart and if there is something there you know it wasnt your fault

[wbski007]

sometimes I do things a bit of over kill but on every diesel I've owned I always add a 4 to 7 lb electric fuel pump somewhere before the filter that comes on with the key, it certinly can't hurt and take the out line off and fill the filter untill its full , I got into that habit because some diesels didn't come with manuel pumps like Isuzu, VW, Audi and Peugout to name a few, even if you don't use a electric fuel pump and use the hand pump take the out line of the filter off anyway as if you don't sometimes it will get air bound and you can pump till the cows come home and get no where.

[makiomoto]

Cheers guys.
Pump was a bit gummed up. I just turned seperator upside down, took injector pump IN line off and pumped as usual. The reconnected and pumped till hard, engine started and didn't skip a beat from then on.
All is right with the world.
James