From: Stu Ellis (stuellis@attbi.com)
Date: Wed Sep 18 2002 - 13:06:27 PDT
I tried electric fuel pump, still in truck, check valve (it's for sale now),
manual glow plug system and rebuilt injection pump. What finally cured my
problem was changing fuel heater and pressure switch(seemed to be leaking)
in the Stanadyne 80 fuel filter. Runs great now.
Good Luck!
Stu
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die"
MVPA #14790 MVMVC
1967 M151A1 Army Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Wilkens" <nathan.wilkens@asu.edu>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: [MV] A possible cure for 6.2L diesel fuel system air leaks?
> Like many owners of 6.2L CUCV or Humvee diesels, I keep having problems
with
> intermittent air leaks in the fuel stream. Although I have nearly
> troubleshot-myself-in-the-foot, I keep finding more leaks. Everytime I
fix
> a leak, my M1009 runs much better for a month or two, then starts to idle
> rough - which sends me looking for another leak (my 'baby' has high miles
> and had a seriously leaking injector pump when I bought her, causing
> significant dry rot on most of the hoses).
>
> I came across a website a while ago that has a possible cure for these
fuel
> system air leaks, and I wanted to get some opinions on this idea. The
> article, by Lee Swanger, told how he replaced his mechanical fuel pump
with
> an electric pump at the fuel tank to push pressurized fuel all the way to
> the injector pump. Basically, the entire system is pressurized as soon as
> you turn the key on. As a consequence, any small leaks would show up as
> either fuel-moistened spots, or out right obvious leaks - and would be
easy
> to spot and repair. Has anyone tried this approach?
>
> The article came from "The Diesel Page", and I have not seen it there
> lately. As it is copyrighted, I dare not post it on my website, but if
> anyone would like to see a copy of the article, I can email it to you on
> request.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan Wilkens
>
>
>
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