so as i'm about to park at walmart my truck died. i thought i was out of fuel cause my light had come on before i left the house but i figured i'd be able to drive another 20 miles still. when i put mroe fuel in it it still wouldn't start. idk if i just flooded it or what. i'm hopin it'll start in the morning. if not i gotta get it towed back to the dealership and they will fix it.i'm pretty pissed that it wont start and really wanted to kick it. but decided that wasn't the best idea. my batteries aren't dead either. i didn't have anything come up sayin somethin was wrong so idk....

Any Ideas??

 

On the passenger side of the engine, underneath the intake plumbing, be the fuel filter. Should be a hand primer on top, pump on it till it gets hard. Engine should fire afterwards.

 

im not a guiness with dmax but i know our 12v cummins have to be primed first or youll fry your pump

 

Because you ran it out of fuel, I'd replace the fuel filter first.

 

i just got a new fuel filter like a few weeks ago...
so now what since i ran it out. i got fuel in it now...

 

get another one its never a bad thing better be safe then sorry but as soon as you get the system primed it should fire right up, diesel not like gas, gas much eisyer to fire after empty

 

okay so just prime it and it should work?

 

prime it till its hard, start it if no fire prime agian, only run the starter no more that 20 secounds at a time i know with my 12 valve cummins it takes a good 3-4 trys to get it to prime all the way and it will smoke like a mother just to give you a heads up

 

well i went back to walmart nd didn't find a hand primer on top or the bottom. it's an adelco fuel pump. i felt and looked on the bottom too and didn't see anything...

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nevermind. i'm an idiot. i saw the stupid thing and didn't think. "hey that's the primer." i thought hey what the heck is that. i'm retarded and i'll go fix it tomorrow.

 

Mentioned new fuel filter cause you never know how much junk and water could've gotten sucked up from the tank. Hate to hear you lost a CP3 or injectors.