Had to help a Duramax

[Kalaehina]

I had an interesting experience last wednesday, we have 9 brand new Chevy cutaway tour vans with Duramax's. Well, the dealer was driving one of them back to his lot for some prep work when he runs out of diesel, so my boss asks me to go out to him with our service truck and give him some fuel. Well long story short, I had to figure out how to prime a Duramax right there in the middle of traffic. NOT fun! I have minor burns on both my hands from the extremely hot intercooler tube that runs right along the side of the fuel filter(hot from engine heat). The prime button is on the top of the filter assembly, so it's so convinient to rest your hand on the tube while pumping. So there I am, nearly getting my a$$ clipped by every car and truck coming around the corner because I had to stand on the bumper of the van (hood swings forward like a big rig) to prime the filter, I'm sweatin like a pig in the lovely 90 degree high humid Hawaiian weather, burnin my hand, pumpin about 3-400 times, all for a Duramax! Well I guess I did my good deed of the day cuz I finally got it started again! The diesel gods will be pleased. All I was thinking was "Why couldn't this have been a Cummins? At least I'd be enjoying this torture".

 

[JoshPeters]

Call me a Redneck... but I would have hooked a chain or strap and gotten it off the road first!





Josh

 

[Kalaehina]

Hah! That's what I wanted to do, but the dealer didn't want me scuffing the rear bumper up with my push bar, I know I should have done that anyway, a bumper is replaceable, my a$$ is not. It wasn't as bad as it sounds, and maybe I just wanted everyone to see a disable D-max.

 

[Bob Wagner]

I will look for your smoke show next week- Oahu then Maui

 

[boonsur]

My common rail doesn't require priming!!!

 

[Kalaehina]

I'll be back to work next week, so should be real easy to spot me on the road. Not many CTDs here. New problem with new vans, seems the fuel tank is kinda small for the vehicles size and intended range. I put 15 gallons into the disabled van and the gauge went to 1/2 tank??

 

[nickleinonen]

Originally posted by boonsur

My common rail doesn't require priming!!!

you also have an electric transfer/lift pump that was put in by cummins and/or DC so the customer doesn't have to prime the system by hand

 

[boonsur]

That's what I meant. The point is, why work, when you've got a system smart enough to do it for you.