need help asap!!! have to bleed it every time i start it!!!

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01-24-2013, 04:05 PM

NadirPoint

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How did you know I was a Powertrain Engineer at Dodge?

That explains a lot!

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01-24-2013, 05:14 PM

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Great idea. Too bad we have to waste time barking up the wrong tree. Just to clarify, surely nobody thinks the pump return is an open drain do they? Chime right in now if you still believe a single word about the return should have ever been uttered.

I honestly don't understand why but my truck was losing prime and I found a leak in the return line, fixed it and it stopped losing prime. I still don't get it

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01-29-2013, 12:13 AM

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shes fixed!! found a tiny leak that i had overlooked in the line between the pump and the block. it can sit for a week and start right up immediately!! i love it! thanks for the help guys!!!

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02-01-2013, 05:22 PM

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I had a similar problem, my only did this on occasion. My problem turned out to be bad lift pump, the thing wasn't moving much, if any fuel at all. I was having to bleed at the injectors. A new lift pump from NAPA ( about $65 if I recall) fixed the problem. I've heard these ve pumps can actually pull their own fuel, just not enough to start. Good luck.