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Old 01-21-2009, 11:11 AM
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Default The source of an air leak on the diesel side

Should also leak fuel, correct? Trying to track down where I'm sucking air from, but no luck...

I have a slight leak in the diesel return (to tank) line. In purge I can go about a mile before it starts sputtering, and it takes a couple of miles after I flip to diesel mode for it to smooth out. Well, as smooth as it'll go on a GM 6.5 with 251K that's still running the original injectors




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Old 01-21-2009, 04:15 PM
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Welp, took care of the leak in the return line and that didn't help any. Still sucking air, and now seems to be worse. good news - it runs fine on VO...Bad news - it's goddamm cold, so I have to run a while on diesel to warm it up.

And it can't be the small return lines/caps on the injectors themselves that are leaking, or it'd happen in VO mode as well.


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Old 01-22-2009, 01:54 PM
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Default Oh yeah, hey Kool Aid!!!

Note to self:

Good job checking the easy and reachable stuff like the o-ring locknuts on the valve block fittings...

I was NOT looking forward to replacing the supply hose in the Home Depot parking lot in the dark in 25* weather...



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