Fixing the air in the fuel is the first priority for sure. Sometimes the filter o-rings are the culprit, sometimes it is the WIF plug o-ring, and sometimes the fuel pump itself. Those would be my first choice in troubleshooting. If your fuel level in the tank is above 1/4, then it would be unlikely for the issue to be there IMO.
So I got the air out of the line, had good pressure, started it and ran it.
Now updates since it has apparently been a month (stupid tapatalk app)
I found out apparently I had incorrectly torqued my injectors and combustion gas was blowing by, failed the bubble test, got a new kit for all the injectors and replaced the gaskets and cleaned the injector cups, all back together and got a code for cyl 3 contribution again and running rough. Pulled number 3 and the tip was spotless while the others were dirty, and swapped it with number 1 in hopes to see if that injector is bad and yesterday I got it started it was hard starting and then black smoke and some white and it was rough throughout the rpms and now today trying to start it won't and puffs black smoke.
I think I am now in the market for injectors.
Side note been looking at Warren Diesel injectors I have heard good things about them and also hear how people say only ford remans
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