Air is or is NOT okay in fuel lines?
04-15-2007, 02:33 PM
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Air is or is NOT okay in fuel lines?
I have what I consider a large amount of air in my fuel lines. 2 seperate mechanics have told me "this is normal" - true? I have replaced all the clear lines and orings, also the fuel shut off was leaking - replaced entire unit. Car runs good, just wondering if air is sign of something bad???
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1982 300D VNT, 1980 240D 3.0T, 1982 300TD
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What's a large amount of air to you? If it's a single large bubble in the clear filter, it's normal.
What's a large amount of air to you? If it's a single large bubble in the clear filter, it's normal.
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Sorry - 1999 e300td
The air is while running - the fuel in the clear lines ( all of them ) almost,but not quite, looks like foam. That's how many bubbles. It looks to be 30-40% bubbles. Seems like a lot to me. But like I said, car idles and runs great.
The air is while running - the fuel in the clear lines ( all of them ) almost,but not quite, looks like foam. That's how many bubbles. It looks to be 30-40% bubbles. Seems like a lot to me. But like I said, car idles and runs great.
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$10 fix
Well ya'll - $10 fixed everything. I changed the fuel filter and pre-filter, and still had all kinds of air in the lines. Grrrrrr. I had just had my fuel lines changed, what else could it be. I looked at my fuel line and 2 of them did not look like they had been changed. I changed the one from the heater(?) to the prefilter. When I took it off there was NO O-RING on one of the sides!!! Uhh, maybe that was it? Clicked my new $10 line on, and started her up. Runs like a champ and NO air in the lines. 
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I have what I consider a large amount of air in my fuel lines. 2 seperate mechanics have told me "this is normal" - true? I have replaced all the clear lines and orings, also the fuel shut off was leaking - replaced entire unit. Car runs good, just wondering if air is sign of something bad???
You should have zero air!
One bubble is too much!
Any body that tells you differently is wrong.
