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[Rage]

ive got problems starting my 1.5 diesel van and i believe i have traced it to be my diesel pump anyone know of a way to rebuild it at home or is it a definate specialist job or replacement pump if so any suggestions for a supplier near the cambridgeshire area

[mowgli]

there are enough bosch diesel injection places about.. but get your injectors checked too

or put a wanted ad up on here for a s/hand one.

[staggy_gsi]

What makes you think its the diesel pump?

[Asa-James]

i know its not local, but Diesel Bob in preston seems to be a genious, and reasonably priced as well. usually has all the spares to rebuild, and sends the stuff back to you pretty quick. we send all our diesel stuff to him from work, injectors, pumps etc, even had my dads mondeo injectors rebuilt and recoded for a very agreeable sum

[meritlover]

What makes you think its the diesel pump?

+1

[Rage]

took the feedpipe from filter to pump off covered the hole with my fingers and got a mate to turn her over to find no sucking

[mowgli]

take the return pipe off, reconnect the feed pipe & try it. diesel injection pumps aren't exactly like an airport fire truck, they only suck a tiny amount, and it takes ages to bleed a bosch pump thru after a filter change

[Rage]

by return pipe you mean tank return pipe? i haven't changed the filter as yet it was going to be my next thing to do. seen as i can't get one today is there a way of cleaning it enough to get a cough from the engine? just to confirm it is the filter thats blocked

[mowgli]

its more likely the filter than the pump.. it is actually quite possible to get the filter so blocked that it will run the pump totally dry.. we had it with a 16 ton excavator fitted with a large 4 cylinder isuzi engine (basically a very big 1500), and had to prime the pump with grease (a very old trick) to get it to pull diesel up the lines.

[Rage]

hmmm ok so how would i go about priming the pump if i change the filter. as far as i'm aware the filter has done 72000 miles. i'm going to get a new filter either way. and why would i not get any suction when i put my finger over the pumps intake?