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Fairly silly question but will turning the motor over help pull some fuel to the grenade? I pump and pump it and there seems to be no vaccum happening (Not a leaky hose I believe, there's slight fuel around the grenade but was the same and working last week). The fuel pump was emptied of fuel from adjusting fuelling and the tank level is about 5 litres.
Is there any problem with turning it over with no fuel in the pump?
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Sounds like you need to replace the grenade mate, only a few quid
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As in the grenade is soft? Hard? Or collapses?
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Thanks for the replies guys. Turns out it just needed to be turned over a couple of times to get the fuel moving up the lines.
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This happened to me once after a filter change and I ended up bleeding it through an injector pipe which solved the prob quick enough!
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Wouldn't turn it over too much with no fuel in the pump.
Does sound like the grenade has had it
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If the fuel has drained back to the tank, there's a leak somewhere.
If the grenade won't suck the fuel, the one way valve is probably jammed in it, just need a new grenade.
As said, don't go mental swinging it over if the pump is dry, you're likely to damage the vane pump inside.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. 
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Last time my grenade did nothing, my in tank strainer was blocked.
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