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I recently purchased this generator at auction. It only has a little over 6 hours on the meter. When I bought it all fluids had been drained.
I put oil, water and diesel in it. I opened the bottom drain on the filter and ran the electric fuel pump until fuel flowed nicely. I then slightly open the screws at the top to bleed any remaining air. I then tried to start it with no luck. The engine turns over just fine but will not fire. I then cracked the line at each of the high pressure pumps and fuel did come out but I was expecting it to spray as opposed to just dribble out. Thinking this was my problem I removed one of the high pressure pumps as per the manual. Disassembled the pump, didn't find anything obvious so I just put it back together and installed it back into the engine. Before I hooked the fuel supply line back up, I verified I was getting good fuel flow to the pump via the electric pump. I then connected the fuel line back to the high pressure pump without the rigid fuel line that goes to the injector. When I turn the engine over, fuel does come out of the top of the high pressure pump but it only shoots upward about 1 inch at the most. Is this normal or should it be shooting much higher? Thanks for any advice.
I put oil, water and diesel in it. I opened the bottom drain on the filter and ran the electric fuel pump until fuel flowed nicely. I then slightly open the screws at the top to bleed any remaining air. I then tried to start it with no luck. The engine turns over just fine but will not fire. I then cracked the line at each of the high pressure pumps and fuel did come out but I was expecting it to spray as opposed to just dribble out. Thinking this was my problem I removed one of the high pressure pumps as per the manual. Disassembled the pump, didn't find anything obvious so I just put it back together and installed it back into the engine. Before I hooked the fuel supply line back up, I verified I was getting good fuel flow to the pump via the electric pump. I then connected the fuel line back to the high pressure pump without the rigid fuel line that goes to the injector. When I turn the engine over, fuel does come out of the top of the high pressure pump but it only shoots upward about 1 inch at the most. Is this normal or should it be shooting much higher? Thanks for any advice.