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Old hoses can not only leak but become frayed inside causing no fuel to flow. That is why I replaced all my hoses with Polyethylene Hoses ( DOT air hoses work just fine) .

Or bad delivery companies. Our tanks at the transit dept. got a 20,000 gallon delivery that had hundreds of gallons of water in it.

When I replaced my filters with spin-ons , I installed a good water/fuel filter as the first filter then a good 10 micron filter as the last or "secondary" filter. I also always keep my tanks topped off and I try and run my generators at least once a month if not more. This way the fuel is not...

It is always good to know a good lathe operator !

There was a picture in the PS magazine I'll try and find for you.

I forgot to add, if your pumps are working properly, you can hear the fuel return to the tank when the switch is in the run position. Even if the engine is not running.

No one ever needs to bleed their system if their pumps are working OK. The trucks are the same. All military equipment has come with pumps that will fill the filters so that no priming is ever needed. The old diesel engines that ran out of fuel or when you replaced all the filters had to be...

Actually if your pumps are working properly they will fill all three filters really fast ! If your pumps are operating slow, then you should take them apart and clean them up. They rebuild really easy.

You should be able to bleed out the system with just the fuel pumps. Just turn it to "run" and then let the fuel pumps run until you hear fuel returning to the fuel tank.