Thats how the newer VWs work, just cycle the key a couple times and the lift
pump has the filter full...
-Curt
On Saturday, January 2, 2021, 3:49:31 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Ha! A boost pump like in a fuel injected aircraft - I should have thought
of this years ago!
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:35 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >>> 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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