Perhaps it does not need to actually be installed on the vehicle. When
you do a filter change, just pop the supply line off and hook to this,
then have a short section of hose to hook the other end up to car then
just connect to power, bleed system. When finished, just remove it and
reinstall supply line. I think I like that idea.
On 1/1/2021 8:34 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Before you do the next fuel filter change, spend a few bucks and get one of
these [or one like it] and plumb it into the fuel supply line just at the
fuel filter.
https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Transfer-Universal-Pressure-2-5-4psi/dp/B07JPDZC4M/ref=pd_lpo_263_img_1/147-4172102-4367701?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07JPDZC4M&pd_rd_r=ba046a97-4646-46fe-9cc8-c5b175ac0b63&pd_rd_w=WDi6Z&pd_rd_wg=dfFZX&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=F6NYYHG3X997R9HDT12Z&psc=1&refRID=F6NYYHG3X997R9HDT12Z
Put a switch on it so you control the pump, and prime the filter all the
way to the injection pump, crack the line nuts at the injectors and use the
cheap pump to push fuel to the injectors, ie, prime the system... your
crank time will be reduced to zip, you will save the cost of a starter down
the road, and the pump, if sized right can set in the system since fuel
will flow through it if it's not powered, or, you can simply disconnect it,
and reconnect the supply line.
I've been using this system for 20 years to "assist" fuel filter changes on
large displacement Detroit powered trucks and buses I've owned which are
notorious for being very hard to re-prime, once you open the fuel system.
At $12 each... plus a few feet of fuel line and clamps.. the little pumps
have saved hours of aggravation.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 4:15 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Do you have to crank the engine for a minute continuously? What about
doing it in shorter intervals until it starts?
Allan
Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
Yeah, you’re not alone. I remember my first one and how much I had to
crank on that beast (probably in excess of two minutes, total) before it
began to fire. I was convinced I was going to torch the starter.
-D
On Jan 1, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
probably would’ve been easier if the engine was at temperature, and I
wasn’t such a scaredy-cat baby I’m cranking it so long. Once I cracked the
fittings and fuel showed up it took right off.
I took the power washer to it and blew some more of the flaky old Macco
paint off of it. Wiped it down, wipedvthe inside out, cleaned the windows
and then took it for about a 5 mile spin in town and on the interstate, and
I never cease to be amazed on how awesome this car is.
Bob R
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On Jan 1, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I always changed the fuel filter or did any other injector work on a
hot engine -- cranks much faster and uses a lot less battery power.
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