pete 23 said: (quoted from post at 09:52:02 06/10/10) I think you can get it full if you loosen the bowl but then of course it may leak if it hasn't been off for a while as they warp out of shape pretty easy. Sometimes, bleeding a bunch of fuel farther down stream from bowl will also get it out. I had a 450 on the dyno once upon a time and you could not get rid of the air pocket, but it was actually drawing in a little bit of air through the bowl drain tube, because the baffle in fuel tank was laying on the outlet in tank blocking flow do primary pump was sucking it's poor little heart out trying to get enough fuel. Of course the air bubbles had all concerned that I had a leak some place, me being new to diesels at the time had to literally get the boss out of my hair and figure this thing out myself as he was calling the diesel shop and all that good stuff. But it worked out in the end. Cut a slot across the stand pipe on fitting and just lelf the baffle bounce around. Not saying this is your problem just relating some experiences I have had over 50 years ago.
It's good to know everything that can happen!
I replaced the bowl five years ago and it hasn't been off since. I suppose that is not very long in the entire life of the tractor. Maybe I wil take my chances and pop it off. Would you just leave the tank valve on and then let the fuel fill it up until it ran over the sides?
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