Run out of diesel?

[rohan1993]

3.2l
what happens if I run out of diesel? Do you have to bleed them the old school way by cracking an injector or anything?
Cheers

[Cowboy Dave]

Nope. Just pump up the little hand pump on the fuel filter til it gets hard and the rest should sort itself out. From memory there is a bleed screw on the filter housing but I've not seen anyone needing to rely on it.

[kwyjibo]

I ran my ute out of fuel just the other day... You'd be surprised how long you can drive it for with the fuel light on!

She literally stalled as I pulled into the servo not even joking, rolled into the bowser in silent mode... Very funny moment.

Anyway I just filled it up (took 77.3ltrs) and used the manual primer until it was too stiff to push any more, it does take a few minutes. Took about 5 long seconds of turn key cranking for it to fire up, all good happy days

[RHKTriton]

Just be mindfull that its worth trying to refuel when your light comes on or even better keep it above a quarter tank as the fuel provides cooling for the injectors.

This just created a thought; the new Rangzda has a fuel cooler and from memory also has a plastic tank. The Triton's metal tank may help shed heat whereas the poly tanks are too insulated and therefore require the external cooler.

[rohan1993]

Ok sweet... I have a long range tank, each time I fill up takes about 110 liters, apparently it's a 120l tank and the fuel light comes on at 800 kms

[rohan1993]

I got to 850 kms and decided I should fill up haha and took 108l

[RHKTriton]

Did ya rob a bank before you filled that can Roh?

[rohan1993]

Hahaha nah wasn't too bad, my previous car was a 400 hp vy ss ute, I got 250 kms to $100 in that thing hahahaa