Well, it happened, I was heading back into town when my low fuel light came on. Had to travel about 5 more miles to the next interstate, headed up the on ramp, & the truck must have sucked air.:confused: IT dropped to an idle & wouldn't accelarate.
I pulled to the side & shut it off. I Ended up having to have it towed because the truck was sitting in a very busy area. Had it towed 20 miles to my shop, added 10 gallons of fuel, primed the filter until all fuel was coming out clear with no bubbles. Then tried to start it. No luck, I tried to start it at least 30 times until the batteries failed. Now today, I have everything charged back up, but still nothing. Is there a way to purge out the fuel rails? Do I need to do this too? Is it possible I didn't actually run out of fuel? I know diesels are tough when this happens, but this seems a bit much

any help is appreciated!

Thanks, 40thvette

Well, I treid something. Not sure if it was luck or not. I left the bleeder screw in, backed it out a little pumped the primer so I had a steady stream of fuel coming out, then I tightened the screw, pumped the primer about 10 more times, & it started on the second try. What gives? Was I doing it wrong before, Or are we supposed to build up pressure like that? I know the manual doesn't give any clues. I hope that doesn't happed again.


I think it is strange that I could only drive 6 miles before this happend?
pretty nervious about the fuel gage ever getting below 1/4 tank now. Worse thing is, these tanks are not very big.

any thoughts?

There are larger capacity tanks available from SuperTanks and Transfer Flow. The low fuel light is kind of notorious for being an out of fuel light. I've gotten mine pretty low at times, tho I try to stay above 1/4, and I've never seen that light come on.

I have found that once you bleed the line, if you continue pumping the primer until it is very hard to push it will usually fire right up. Had to do this twice by accident. Currently in the market for auxillary in bed tank.

Probably because the filter is under vaccuum and not after a lift pump, the air in the rails doesn't move until you pump the primer and create positive pressure.

Yes, I have found this to be the case as well. You must back out primer screw, pump til clear and then tighten and pump again until pressurized. I do believe that this is what they state in the manual as well.

Yeah, I think it states that also. Once you get fuel coming out, close the bleeder screw then pump until it gets firm, then start it up.

I had a similiar experience one time, we had to pump the primer while I started the truck.

My wife ran ours dry and insisted on trying to start it ( enough to make sure it was completely dry) Then I walked 300 yds to the fuel pump and brought 5 gal over.

It took about 20 min of prime till firm, bleed the air, prime till firm bleed air, prime till firm. start and it runs till there is a bubble. prime till firm, bleed, prime start. Sounds like letting it sit allowed the bubbles to work their way to the high points and then you got fuel through.

It is simple. Don't run it out of fuel. It sucks to re-prime.

:) SuperTanks makes a nice 60 gallon tank:)