Not running after Oil & Fuel Filter change
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:20 pm
Hello all,
I have a problem with my Van after an Oil & Fuel Filter change.
Did the Oil first. Starting the van after revving up a little then topping up to full line on dipstick. Everything as normal so far. In replacing the fuel filter I removed the hoses and electrical from the filter and housing. Undid the two nuts from the firewall and placed the housing in the vise. I find this much easier than trying to get at it while its still in the engine compartment. Grabbed the new Baldwin filter and o-ring. Installed it back on the housing then installed that back in the the engine compartment. Hooked the hoses and electrical back up. Primed it with the pump. Fired it up and took it for a test drive. It did not run very well. No power. It took forever to get up to 80kms. Made it back home. Went over what I had done to make sure all is in the right place. Everything looked fine hoses were not backwards. I even had a look at the kick down cable linkage to see if I bumped something there. Everything looked as it should. Was thinking it has to be some sort of air infiltration, so I checked all connections. Everything was secure. Thought maybe I had a faulty fuel filter. Installed a new one. Still the same problem, if not worse now. It stumbled on idle, and stalled at a stop sign. A few years ago I changed out the hose that runs from the filter to the IP. It was getting dried and cracked. So I decided to just replace the remainder of the old hoses to see if that solved the problem. It didn't. I dug a little deeper, and looked at the fuel tanks for rust. I read that a few people have had problems with that. The tanks look to be rust free. I phoned Butch to see if he had any suggestions(Wish I was closer to CVI). He mentioned to blow a little air though the filter housing passages. Might be something caught in the housing causing it to lose prime. Still didn't help. One thing I tried is while the van was running, to push on the filter prime. It would depress and the van would seem to run better. I could actually rev it up with out it stumbling. I don't know what else to try. Please let me know if you can think of something I can try.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Jason
I have a problem with my Van after an Oil & Fuel Filter change.
Did the Oil first. Starting the van after revving up a little then topping up to full line on dipstick. Everything as normal so far. In replacing the fuel filter I removed the hoses and electrical from the filter and housing. Undid the two nuts from the firewall and placed the housing in the vise. I find this much easier than trying to get at it while its still in the engine compartment. Grabbed the new Baldwin filter and o-ring. Installed it back on the housing then installed that back in the the engine compartment. Hooked the hoses and electrical back up. Primed it with the pump. Fired it up and took it for a test drive. It did not run very well. No power. It took forever to get up to 80kms. Made it back home. Went over what I had done to make sure all is in the right place. Everything looked fine hoses were not backwards. I even had a look at the kick down cable linkage to see if I bumped something there. Everything looked as it should. Was thinking it has to be some sort of air infiltration, so I checked all connections. Everything was secure. Thought maybe I had a faulty fuel filter. Installed a new one. Still the same problem, if not worse now. It stumbled on idle, and stalled at a stop sign. A few years ago I changed out the hose that runs from the filter to the IP. It was getting dried and cracked. So I decided to just replace the remainder of the old hoses to see if that solved the problem. It didn't. I dug a little deeper, and looked at the fuel tanks for rust. I read that a few people have had problems with that. The tanks look to be rust free. I phoned Butch to see if he had any suggestions(Wish I was closer to CVI). He mentioned to blow a little air though the filter housing passages. Might be something caught in the housing causing it to lose prime. Still didn't help. One thing I tried is while the van was running, to push on the filter prime. It would depress and the van would seem to run better. I could actually rev it up with out it stumbling. I don't know what else to try. Please let me know if you can think of something I can try.
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Jason