Apollo62x
Registered User
Have a 87 ford f250 with the 6.9. When I bought her 2 years ago she would start in 2 sec. Than it started to take longer. Have replaced the glow plugs 1 1/2 a go by the local Ford dealer because it was only $200 bucks and figured they would be safer since they had not been changed in a while from what I could tell. Used good quality plugs. Bought a new glow plug harness since the OEM are obsolete from a guy on Ebay. Just had the return hoses replaced and new batteries. The glow plug relay/controller (it's the box type, I think refered to as being the 7.3 version...not the tube version) makes the light go on and than 10 secs or so it starts clicking like I believe it should but has been giving me a hard start condition.
After it starts the first time normally starts pretty fast although not always warm... lately. Once started runs fine, love this truck. I had the return lines done by a shop since I did not feel confident myself. Don't know where to start in troubleshooting this problem. Have thought about a gear reduction starter. The temps are in the 40 degree to 65 degree where I live. I checked for air in the line by hooking up to the fuel filter valve and burping it, only fuel comes out when running. Does not smoke much unless I stomp on it, than just a bit of white smoke. 140,000 miles. Seems to be getting worse in just the last 2 weeks. As I said, runs fine other than that.
Any advice on where to start?
Thanks for your time...
After it starts the first time normally starts pretty fast although not always warm... lately. Once started runs fine, love this truck. I had the return lines done by a shop since I did not feel confident myself. Don't know where to start in troubleshooting this problem. Have thought about a gear reduction starter. The temps are in the 40 degree to 65 degree where I live. I checked for air in the line by hooking up to the fuel filter valve and burping it, only fuel comes out when running. Does not smoke much unless I stomp on it, than just a bit of white smoke. 140,000 miles. Seems to be getting worse in just the last 2 weeks. As I said, runs fine other than that.
Any advice on where to start?
Thanks for your time...