How can I get my zafira started after running out of deisel?

had the same problem 3 weeks ago, after waiting 3hrs for the AA to turn up, the patrolman told me they are self bleeding, all he did was attached his booster cables to my battery, and kept turning the engine over untill it started.

Dave
November 2007

i would give it a tow start it would get it going

andy
February 2007

Easiest and quickest way is to remove and fill fuel filter with clean diesel, then loosen a couple of injectors and crank until diesel is pumped through these (beware of killing battery). Then replace them, and start engine. Might run on two for a few seconds, but should then self bleed. If it's a company car, I would grit your teeth and confess. Or say the gauge was reading a quarter full - you might get away with it in a Vauxhall.

Andrew McLaren
March 2005