Starting problems

[S34N]

Hi all. Advice needed.

Case Ih 895xl with new starter and heater plug all working 100%. Battery holding charge no bother.

Turning over and turning over but won't fire.

Could there be a blockage in the fuel line?

She's clearly not getting the juice. Want advice on how to blow fuel back to tank 8f possible.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Whats the condition of the fuel filter .

 

[yellowbelly]

Fit a new fuel filter/filters.
Is there fuel at the lift pump? If so........
Is there fuel at the injector pump? If so.........
Crack an injector pipe and crank it over.

If there's no fuel at the lift pump, take the feed pipe off and blow back to the fuel tank with an airline until you hear it bubbling and start from the top of the list again.

 

[S34N]

Forgot to mention she's just back from a service a month ago. New fuel filters, oil filter etc and oil change.

 

[Stock]

Has it an electric pump ? is it working?......................................................................................

 

[Lincs Lass]

Mucky diesel from your main tank ,water in the tank

 

[S34N]

Starting 100% up until today. Just put it down to not heating for long enough/missing her on first attempt. So tried jump start and she's turning over 90 to the dozen but just won't fire. Removed the filters as the bleed screws at the top aren't the easiest loosened. There is diesel in the filters but no diesel coming through the line when their removed. Hand pump at the filters doesn't seem to be bringing anything through. Can I blow back from here?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Take the pipe of that comes from the tank to the lift pump ,blow it back from there ,

 

[agrimax]

Kink the air line or turn the pressure well back.

 

[agrimax]

The tank outlets have banjo fittings.....Probably blocked with crud here.

 

[essexpete]

Probably drawing a little air somewhere between the tank and the handpump. Mins has a weepy flex pipe just above the starter motor and sometime recently the prime has dropped.

 

[essexpete]

Or as Agrimax has suggested.

 

[Mursal]

If you have a hand primer pump until diesel at pump. Tighten bleeder and keep pumping.

 

[davidroberts30]

Take the pipe of that comes from the tank to the lift pump ,blow it back from there ,

NOT FORGETTING TO TAKE THE CAP OFF FIRST

 

[Lincs Lass]

NOT FORGETTING TO TAKE THE CAP OFF FIRST

Good thinking,,that could have soon got messy

 

[milkloss]

If it’s got the lift pump I’m thinking of just make sure there’s no crud under the little valves inside. Blow the line back first and if no joy take the lift pump apart.

 

[Gapples]

It's all been said really but if you start at the tanks & work your way through the suction pipes & banjos, there could well be gauze filters in tanks if they've not already been removed, not a great idea by the way.
Also strip & clean the hand primer as previously described.
Once that lots clean the hand primer should pull fuel through no bother, when it is it's then a simple process of bleeding through the rest of the fuel system.