You can loosen the fuel lines off of the fuel injection pump that goes to the injectors and turn the engine over with the starting engine with the compression release in the run position with the throttle open. This will work the air out of the system. As soon as you don't see air bubbles coming out of the injector lines that you loosened you can tighten them back while still cranking the diesel engine. It should start firing on each cylinder as you tighten the lines.
You can loosen the fuel lines off of the fuel injection pump that goes to the injectors and turn the engine over with the starting engine with the compression release in the run position with the throttle open. This will work the air out of the system. As soon as you don't see air bubbles coming out of the injector lines that you loosened you can tighten them back while still cranking the diesel engine. It should start firing on each cylinder as you tighten the lines.
Thanks, this worked perfectly and had me up an running in about 5 minutes. I could only reach two of them without taking the hood off but that seemed to be good enough.
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