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One of my M1009s has been leaking down, the one we recovered from Jefferson City. I had been bleeding the fuel block to get it started, I installed a long hose that looped up to the front of the hood. I would use it as a bleeding reserve off the top of the block. The hose is for nitro fuel and is semi clear, you can see the fuel and bubbles inside. I never could figure out exactly where it was leaking.
Then one day I parked it at the mall and in a few minutes, it had a puddle under the truck, finally! A visible fuel/air leak. It was pouring out between the fuel filter and fuel block or filter base. I fired her up and drove her home. She has been yard art for a couple of months.
This morning I put in a new fuel base, replaced the rubber fuel hoses and a new filter. I found a NOS filter and base on Ebay. Anyway, when I bled it and fired up the truck, most of the diesel knock was gone. This one always had a severe knock on cold start and was just loud, engine noise wise, all the time. It was purring quietly, well, semi quietly today. I ran it about 30 miles and when I shut it down, no puddles.
Changed the oil and air filter, it fired right up. I will find out in the morning if my fuel issue has been solved. I am guessing that it must have been drawing a little air through a crack in the hose or the at the fuel filter. I cannot imagine anything else that would have changed. Until it finally started leaking, there was no seepage anyplace.
I was able to get my not so small forearm wedged far enough under the back of the intake to get the hose and clamp turned where I could get on the clamp with a 1/4" drive socket and long extension between the plenum runners. I did not have to remove the intake manifold, which I was happy for.
Now I am just hoping she fires right up in the morning and my days of popping the hood and bleeding the fuel block in the morning and after work are done. As long as it did not sit more than four hours, it would always fire right up.
It is way too hot in Kansas to be working in my driveway, but it was still kind of fun! Glen
Then one day I parked it at the mall and in a few minutes, it had a puddle under the truck, finally! A visible fuel/air leak. It was pouring out between the fuel filter and fuel block or filter base. I fired her up and drove her home. She has been yard art for a couple of months.
This morning I put in a new fuel base, replaced the rubber fuel hoses and a new filter. I found a NOS filter and base on Ebay. Anyway, when I bled it and fired up the truck, most of the diesel knock was gone. This one always had a severe knock on cold start and was just loud, engine noise wise, all the time. It was purring quietly, well, semi quietly today. I ran it about 30 miles and when I shut it down, no puddles.
Changed the oil and air filter, it fired right up. I will find out in the morning if my fuel issue has been solved. I am guessing that it must have been drawing a little air through a crack in the hose or the at the fuel filter. I cannot imagine anything else that would have changed. Until it finally started leaking, there was no seepage anyplace.
I was able to get my not so small forearm wedged far enough under the back of the intake to get the hose and clamp turned where I could get on the clamp with a 1/4" drive socket and long extension between the plenum runners. I did not have to remove the intake manifold, which I was happy for.
Now I am just hoping she fires right up in the morning and my days of popping the hood and bleeding the fuel block in the morning and after work are done. As long as it did not sit more than four hours, it would always fire right up.
It is way too hot in Kansas to be working in my driveway, but it was still kind of fun! Glen
