M1009 Fuel Issue

[Christian]

Hello all,

I've been crawling over these forums for a while now, but this is my first time posting.

These past few weeks, I've been dealing with some problems with the old '09. Whenever I go to start it, it surges, then it will either die or go down to normal idle; I'm also experiencing a loss of power when I'm driving down the road. It feels like it isn't getting either fuel or air. I have already changed the air and fuel filters, as well as put fresh diesel in.

My next guess was air in the line, so I searched the forum, and I found this article:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?40249-cucv-fuel-filter
In post three, he says that the OP might have a bad fuel pressure switch. Is this a common problem?

I also searched for a way to bleed the fuel filter, but I couldn't find anything. When I look at the filter, I see a rubber hose that runs down the side, but no way to open up any valve to bleed. Is there something im missing?

I appreciate everyone on this forum, you've helped me more than you know with this thing!

Thanks,
Christian

 

[doghead]

The fuel filter base is bled at the top and drained at the bottom.

If your base is wet, then your sensor may be the cause of a leak.

The TMs explain bleeding and have pictures.