Mahindra 5525 Wont Start

[royncarol]

Hi everyone,
I think after 7 years I might have done the unthinkable, I ran my tractor out of diesel and now it wont start. I'll tell you now, I am not very mechanical, but I can turn a wrench when I need to.
To make a long story short, my gauges quit working about a year or so after I bought the tractor new. So I have always been pretty good about putting 5-10 gallons of fuel in her when needed. Well after being snowed in, iced in and just down right cold and blowing, the weather gave and I had a good day to get out and do some work.
Just about the time I was finished I was heading down the drive and I noticed a couple puffs of blue smoke coming from the exhaust, then a couple more and then the tractor died before I could get it back to the barn. I figured it was out of fuel. I put in 10 gallons and tried to crank her and nothing...not even a puff of smoke. So I broke out the book and found where I could break loose the banjo and open the primer pump and pump fuel until it came out the banjo nut. I put that back together and still nothing. I am lost from here on...the book doesnt describe anything else except the fuel nozzles and I dont know where those are. I tried a couple sprays of starting fluid and that didnt even kick her off.

Could use some help here if you know of something that I need to do to make sure the air is out. Other than that...hopefully its nothing beyond a fuel issue.

Thanks

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Have you tried to prime it again? If not try it a second or even a 3rd time.

 

[royncarol]

Have you tried to prime it again? If not try it a second or even a 3rd time.

I thought I primed it enough, but I will try and prime it again today. The book talks about bleeding the lines at the nozzles...not sure what they are saying.

thanks for your feedback

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

I have very rarely had to bleed the lines to the injectors. Most generally if priming to the pump didn't work the 1st time, it did on the 2nd or 3rd try. If you need to, once you have primed it to the pump, crack the line at the injector, stand away and turn it over a couple of times, till you have fuel there, then repeat that to all of the injectors. Good Luck!

 

[OldGinTractors]

Be sure to pump the primer pump several times after closing the banjo bolt, the pump should begin to get hard to pump if the air is out.

 

[MarkF48]

Any chance with the cold weather the fuel gelled in a filter, but able to pass enough to appear as if it's priming to the banjo fitting. The way yours died was how my tractor acted when the filter gelled up.
I thought it was a big no-no to use starting fluid to try and start a diesel.

 

[royncarol]

MarkF48...the weather here finally warmed to the 60's....and I had used the tractor for about an hour before this happened. I guess its possible that it could have some gel in the fuel but I kinda doubt it.
Thanks

 

[royncarol]

Thanks for the help guys!

I had to put the charger on her last night. This morning I drained the fuel filters to make sure I didnt have any trash or water. Pumped it up again, Tried to crank her...nothing. Then I removed the banjo completely, pumped it again, only really slow so I could see if I had air coming out of the banjo. I was good there. I tightened everything back up and pumped it up some more. Tried to start it...no luck. So I loosened two lines coming out of the pump going to the intake and turned it over several time until the fuel was flowing without any bubbles. Put it back together, gave it another pump and she fire right up!

 

[flusher]

Glad you found the problem.
FYI, a few months ago my 5525 wouldn't start. Traced the problem to dirt in the ignition key slot. Hit it with a few squirts of WD-40, wiggled the key around to get it inserted completely into the slot. She started right up--problem solved.

Good luck.