Hi, I was clearing out the fuel filter today and the other 2 filters... after trying to start the machine, the engine wouldn't start up? Does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong?It's a JCB 805 13 ton excavator Thanks in advance
Even if you did fill the filters 9 times out of 10 you will need to bleed the lines. Crack the lines at the injection pump and run the starter. You should see a bit of fuel spit out. You may need to crack the lines at the injectors as well.
You need to fill the fuel filter with fuel before you put it back on and now that you have tried to start it you may need to do it more then once. You should not need to bleed the system but you need to fill the filter.
did you put fuel back in the filters?
Its not the food for your engine thats the fuel,run your car out of petrol it comes to a stop and you gotta walk to the garage with a can but it'll run once refilled.Run your car out of oil or have a serious oil problem then you'll kill your engine within a very short time either throwing a con-rod or siezing it and fusing it into one large lump of useless metal.
