Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:10:07 +0100
From: MH <nonospamo>
Subject: Re: problem starting Saab diesel after running out of fuel
> ... The best way I know of to get rid of the air in the system is to crack
> the pipe at the most convenient point by loosening off a union as close to
> the fuel injectors as you can get.
I remember on the older Diesel engines there used to be a lever on the fuel pump
that you could operate by hand, to bleed the fuel lines of air.
--
MH
'72 97 '77 96 '78 95 '79 96
'91 900i
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