Hey guys,
Sorry to post again, but I'm having yet another issue. I had the truck running pretty well (as some of you may have seen my video), it started right up and everything no problem. Well, today I took all of the masking off from painting and decided it needed some fuel (and I wanted to drive it). So I jumped in, cycled the glow plugs and she fired right up like normal. Went to the station, filled up with DIESEL, came home and parked it. A few hours later, I was hungry so I decided it would be a good time to drive it again. Cycle the glow plugs, didn't want to start. So I hooked up my jumper cables to the other truck and eventually got it running, and I thought it seemed okay. So I got in it and was driving it around the block to see if it was alright and boom it just quit right in the middle of the road. Wouldn't restart, though it would hit every now and then like it was going to. By now the batteries were drained, so I went and got the other truck and a buddy and we dragged it back. I put it on charge when I got back, let her sit for a few hours and tried again. It started, but it still sounded "hungry" as if it wasn't getting ample fuel. Then it died and wouldn't start again.
I have gone through and replaced the starter, injection pump, and all of the glow plugs (and controller). My question is if a lift pump fails, will it do so suddenly? Could this be my problem? Or does it sound like I got a faulty IP?
Thanks guys, and sorry again to keep posting.
Edit: There is fuel to the schreder valve when cranking, so I guess that rules out the lift pump. What the heck though, it's a new IP.
Sorry to post again, but I'm having yet another issue. I had the truck running pretty well (as some of you may have seen my video), it started right up and everything no problem. Well, today I took all of the masking off from painting and decided it needed some fuel (and I wanted to drive it). So I jumped in, cycled the glow plugs and she fired right up like normal. Went to the station, filled up with DIESEL, came home and parked it. A few hours later, I was hungry so I decided it would be a good time to drive it again. Cycle the glow plugs, didn't want to start. So I hooked up my jumper cables to the other truck and eventually got it running, and I thought it seemed okay. So I got in it and was driving it around the block to see if it was alright and boom it just quit right in the middle of the road. Wouldn't restart, though it would hit every now and then like it was going to. By now the batteries were drained, so I went and got the other truck and a buddy and we dragged it back. I put it on charge when I got back, let her sit for a few hours and tried again. It started, but it still sounded "hungry" as if it wasn't getting ample fuel. Then it died and wouldn't start again.
I have gone through and replaced the starter, injection pump, and all of the glow plugs (and controller). My question is if a lift pump fails, will it do so suddenly? Could this be my problem? Or does it sound like I got a faulty IP?
Thanks guys, and sorry again to keep posting.
Edit: There is fuel to the schreder valve when cranking, so I guess that rules out the lift pump. What the heck though, it's a new IP.
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