screwhead
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Howdy, hope everyone is running well.
Made it to Oregon from Texas, pick up ran really besides vacuum pump going out in Nevada and then until two hours away from my destination. Kept Egts below 800-900 the whole way usually around 500-600. Have recently installed baby moose injection pump, injectors are less than 8 months old, new lift pump, brand new return caps, diesel leak free.
About two hours away I was going up a short (compared to the long upward grades pick up had just soared through) but pretty steep hill. At the top of it my fuel filter light came on and just after it did I had absolutely no throttle response. Engine did not die just went to a smooth idle. Fuel filter light stayed on steadily. I pulled over, cut the engine off, put a new filter on, it started right up barely had to bleed air out of the system and throttle response was back.
As I kept driving the filter light would come on when shifting (manual transmission) and when coming to stops. Usually blinking. I have read quite a bit of other posts of people having the same problem and it seems a lot of them have it after replacing all of the things I’ve replaced and seems some people fixed it by either replacing lift pump or the fuel filter sensor.
I am worried to start the pick up again if the lift pump is the problem and I’ve put hundreds of miles on the failing pump. I have a new sensor coming in tomorrow but wanted to ask y’all’s advice before I buy a new lift pump for it as well. Seems like a bad sensor wouldn’t make me lose all throttle response?
Also have the new vacuum pump on the way in and planning to rent a pulley puller from part store nearby.
Made it to Oregon from Texas, pick up ran really besides vacuum pump going out in Nevada and then until two hours away from my destination. Kept Egts below 800-900 the whole way usually around 500-600. Have recently installed baby moose injection pump, injectors are less than 8 months old, new lift pump, brand new return caps, diesel leak free.
About two hours away I was going up a short (compared to the long upward grades pick up had just soared through) but pretty steep hill. At the top of it my fuel filter light came on and just after it did I had absolutely no throttle response. Engine did not die just went to a smooth idle. Fuel filter light stayed on steadily. I pulled over, cut the engine off, put a new filter on, it started right up barely had to bleed air out of the system and throttle response was back.
As I kept driving the filter light would come on when shifting (manual transmission) and when coming to stops. Usually blinking. I have read quite a bit of other posts of people having the same problem and it seems a lot of them have it after replacing all of the things I’ve replaced and seems some people fixed it by either replacing lift pump or the fuel filter sensor.
I am worried to start the pick up again if the lift pump is the problem and I’ve put hundreds of miles on the failing pump. I have a new sensor coming in tomorrow but wanted to ask y’all’s advice before I buy a new lift pump for it as well. Seems like a bad sensor wouldn’t make me lose all throttle response?
Also have the new vacuum pump on the way in and planning to rent a pulley puller from part store nearby.