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220 Fuel Delivery Problem

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Topic: 220 Fuel Delivery Problem

Posted By: Dana(Iowa)
Subject: 220 Fuel Delivery Problem
Date Posted: 31 May 2021 at 12:04pm

Had to remove the injector pump to replace a torn umbrella seal. (Crankcase had gallons of diesel in the oil.) We literally removed the pump, changed the seals, and reassembled everything. After reassembled everything we started tractor and it will run for 20-30 seconds (sometimes longer if the rpms are lower) and then acts like it is starving for fuel. We have checked the line from the tank all the way to the injector pump and everything is flowing good. I'm baffled. We've cracked the lines loose at each injector and made sure there was a good flow multiple times. One observation is the injectors whose lines go to the top side of the pump seem to flow less than the ones that attach at the bottom of the pump which got me to wondering if there might be air stuck in the pump. We fought this for over 4 hours yesterday opening lines. I'm at my wits end with this thing.

Tractor ran fine before we had to removed the pump due to gallons of diesel fuel in the crankcase oil.

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1957 D-14 with loader

1947 Model C (restored)

1947 Model C (unrestored) SOLD!

1972 220

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Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 31 May 2021 at 12:47pm

What has happened is the flex ring has broken down and the pieces plugged the return, and the high housing pressure blew the driveshaft seal. With the return being bled off into the crankcase, it will seem to run right. Open up the return and it will run for a while to get the task at hand done. You will need to figure on a pump rebuild in the near future. The seal doesn't roll over just because. This is very common.

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210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers!