Biggest blunder ever!

hheynow

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I can't believe myself. I changed my fuel filter this afternoon as I have done for the last 5 years. I started it up and checked for leaks around the filter lid as I always do. Seeing no leaks I drove away. About a 1/10 mile down the 55 mph road the truck sputters and dies. :eek: I had enough time to pull off of the road. I crank it but nothing. Then I open the hood and notice the yellow drain lever is open. :doh: I add some fuel to fill the bowl, close it and crank it again. Still nothing. Knowing how bad it is to run out of fuel (but my tank is 1/4 full) and not wanting to crank it until my batteries die and the starter fries, I called GlassDude (Mike) on his cell. He came right over and got me back on the road in minutes! :hail While I was cranking he was under the hood pressing the Schrader valve. Once the air was purged she started right up. :sweet Thanks Mike...:thumbs On returning to my house I see a thin fuel leak straight down my gravel driveway. Good thing it's B100.
 
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i promise not to laugh

















:roflmao :roflmao :sorry
couldn't resist, it just proves we are all human in some form :D

ran my 92 out of fuel often .forget to switch tanks
 

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Don't worry worse has been done. My dad forgot to put the oil drain plug back in and didn't realize it until he poured 2 qts in and saw them speeping under his feet in the garage :roflmao it was pretty funny.

So what is this schrader valve? I've heard these things are impossible to reprime as there is no primer. I will have to look it up. I've come close to running out of fuel numerous times (I have no gauge on my 50 gallon WVO tank) I just go until I feel a shudder and then switch back to my Diesel tank. Come close a couple times as I went from 65-15 before it roared back to life. Usually I catch it right off the bat and it takes a couple seconds but that time I had the cruise on and I was in lala land. :doh:
 

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that hurts! Pouring out that liquid gold all the way down the street! :doh:
 

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So what is this schrader valve? I've heard these things are impossible to reprime as there is no primer.

It's a valve to measure fuel pressure that resembles the valve stem on a tire. Mind you I was not really out of fuel. Dumb me just let in some air and until it was purged nothing was gonna happen. I must have been really lucky that the schrader valve bled my air pocket. This is NOT an experiment one should try to duplicate at home. :D


Once again for those who missed it... :doh: :D
 

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Man Richard, the lengths you'll go to to keep us entertained :haha

BTW if that was your "biggest blunder ever" you're doing pretty good :sweet

Glad it was a simple mistake, bummer about losing the fuel tho.... I did something similar on a dirt bike once, got me way out in the middle of nowhere before it ran out of fuel...
 

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Speaking of blunders.Forget to tighten one of the connecting rod nuts.Luckily only had to replace rod piston two oilers head gasket and get crank machined.Hurt the wallet a little more.
 

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