TK87_6_9
Registered User
I bought an 87 F-250 with a Banks turbo kit about a year and a half ago, and it ran long enough to test drive and drive 3.5 hours home, but died shortly after and I have been trying to get it started again ever since (aside from waiting for parts and ignoring it for a while cause I got too frustrated with it). It sat for several years before I bought it, and I didn't realize at the time but the rear tank was full of rust, and I ended up driving it that way until it wouldn't start anymore. I took both tanks out and the pickups were broken off and laying in the bottom of the tank, so I replaced the rear tank with a new one, cleaned the front one, replaced both pickups with sumps that draw fuel from the bottom of the tank, ran new nylon lines up to the selector valve, replaced the selector valve with a new one, replaced the lift pump, and both fuel filters. Now, if I try to start it, it will get fuel to come out of the lift pump, and around the injectors lines if I loosen them, but it will only run for about 20 seconds before it dies. I did not change the glow plugs, but as far as I can tell they are working normally, the light stays on as long as I would expect, and I can hear the relay click when it turns off. If I put a line directly from the lift pump into a can of diesel, it will start and run at 1500-2000 RPM with the accelerator on the floor, but will die otherwise. What do I do now? I am thinking the nasty fuel may have ruined the injector pump and injectors, in which case I think I am done trying to fix it, but I really have no diesel knowledge or experience except for some old Mercedes which never had any problems related to being diesel powered while I had them, and I don't want to sell the truck for half what I paid for it if I am missing an easy fix.