JimRB
Veteran Member
That thing with the 4 lines coming out of it is the fuel distributor. There could be a pump feeding the fuel distributor with low pressure. Low pressure could be defined as 5-50 PSI. Inside the fuel distributor will be another pump or two that creates high pressure. 1,200-1,500 bar is a common pressure. 1 bar is about 14.5 PSI. So that could be 18,000 PSI. That is why people warm you do not crack open fuel lines without wrapping a rag around the area if possible, wear safety protection and know safety protection can be useless against that kind of pressure.
The injectors are bolted to the head. The suggestion was to crack open a line to see if any diesel gets pumped out. If no gets pumped out, which you are describing, then the pump internally is clogged. Heat may let the ice and diesel thaw and dissolve. Setting a 100 watt light bulb with a reflector aimed at the injector pump may clean up the clumps of crud in the pump but will do little to clear up the clumps that may be in the lines from the pump to the injectors.
If you do a Google search for Bosch VE pump manual you may find a manual to download for free. It explains the concept of diesel pumps and distributors. Lots of tractors that were made from the mid 1950's until the diesel had increased pollution regulations used that style of pump and distributor. Bosch VE diesel fuel-injection pump manual. - 4x4 Community Forum has a link to the manual that may explain more accurately than my summary.
The injectors are bolted to the head. The suggestion was to crack open a line to see if any diesel gets pumped out. If no gets pumped out, which you are describing, then the pump internally is clogged. Heat may let the ice and diesel thaw and dissolve. Setting a 100 watt light bulb with a reflector aimed at the injector pump may clean up the clumps of crud in the pump but will do little to clear up the clumps that may be in the lines from the pump to the injectors.
If you do a Google search for Bosch VE pump manual you may find a manual to download for free. It explains the concept of diesel pumps and distributors. Lots of tractors that were made from the mid 1950's until the diesel had increased pollution regulations used that style of pump and distributor. Bosch VE diesel fuel-injection pump manual. - 4x4 Community Forum has a link to the manual that may explain more accurately than my summary.