73idi88f350
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about a month ago my truck was hard starting oddly it would run for 7 days and then get an air instruction.
long story short i replaced all kinds of stuff.. all in the last 2 months
new batteries because they couldnt take 1 light of the glow plugs and then a crank. and new glow plugs
all new rubber hose return lines caps and orings
installed a faucet pump which fixed the problem.. tho i assume it masked it...
well now in the last week ive noticed the hard start coming on again(and its been about 10* warmer this week).... and i had to crank like crazy last night.. then it fired with a hard rev and lots of grey smoke... so was it getting fuel, and not lighting the glow plugs? or burned out..
the mileage on the engine is unknown along with the pump and injectors,i bought it used and the guy i got it from said it was low mileage but whats his opinion of that? but id be real mad to buy new injectors and pump and not fix a thing.. the truck runs great. tho it does need a matched set of injectors.
long story short i replaced all kinds of stuff.. all in the last 2 months
new batteries because they couldnt take 1 light of the glow plugs and then a crank. and new glow plugs
all new rubber hose return lines caps and orings
installed a faucet pump which fixed the problem.. tho i assume it masked it...
well now in the last week ive noticed the hard start coming on again(and its been about 10* warmer this week).... and i had to crank like crazy last night.. then it fired with a hard rev and lots of grey smoke... so was it getting fuel, and not lighting the glow plugs? or burned out..
the mileage on the engine is unknown along with the pump and injectors,i bought it used and the guy i got it from said it was low mileage but whats his opinion of that? but id be real mad to buy new injectors and pump and not fix a thing.. the truck runs great. tho it does need a matched set of injectors.