What Happens Once You Run Out Diesel...

found this on wiki on how to bleed

"Depends on the type of diesel engine. New common rail engines do not need bled as a rule because the low pressure pump in tank bleeds it for you. It is not a good idea to mess around with these engines as the fuel pressure is so high it could seriously hurt or kill you(do not release injector pipes!!!). Conventional diesel engines are different, there is sometimes a primer/lift pump on or around the fuel filter, even earlier engines had lift pump on block that could be toggled to prime fuel up. Rotary fuel injection pumps have a lift pump fitted in them so they self bleed but its still necessary to crack open the injector pipes to bleed air to the injectors. Unable to give specific directions as i dont know what engine you have but i hope this helps.

if you need to bleed diesel fuel system u need to first find where air got in then you can crach a fuel line enuff to allow fuel to leak out when engine is turning over once engine fires tighten fuel line again the rest of air will burn or escape by itself"

If I remember correctly, it was an A8 4.0 Diesel which is capable of 0-60 in about 6 seconds. He averaged around 40mpg.

Oh...and he was going to Edinburgh, not Glasgow!

Err....You stop??
regards
dave

I've had to bleed diesel engines a few times.

Basically you crack off the nuts at all the injectors, turn the engine over until fuel flows out freely then tighten them up again and then engine will start.

Modern diesels have self bleeding systems so this isn't necessary.