Mad Maxine
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Just started my first foray into the wonderful world of diesel motoring. Many thanks to Rudolf Diesel's mother for having such a bright and inquisitive son to develop an internal combustion engine which requires no repetitive electrical ignition. But, I digress--
Just got an '86 F-250 w/ a 6.9 Navistar. My daughter has named her Mad Maxine. She's ugly. Here is her picture:
She's my first diesel, but I am pretty handy with a wrench, and have worked on many a gasser.
Here's what's happening:
Truck has been running fine. Changed the fuel filter and valve cover gaskets over the past weekend. Started her up, and she idled fine. Took her around the block, no problems. Decided to drive her to work yesterday, and all was well for the first 15 miles or so, then she lost power and died. I coasted into a parking lot, and tried to re-start, but no luck. Being a (new-to-me) truck, I wondered if maybe the fuel gauge was wrong, and I had run out of diesel. I switched to the rear tank, and hit the starter, and after a few cranks, she came back to life. YAY! Clearly, I had just run out of fuel. I drove directly to the filling station, and filled up. Cranked her back up, and drove the last 5 miles to work. Fast-forward to 5:00. Jump in and crank her over; she starts up, but seems to idle a little rough. I back out and drive out of the lot, and the engine seems to smooth out. Drive 1/4 mile to the first stop light, and she slowly drops idle speed and dies. After a few cranks, she starts back up. Drive on down the highway @ 55/60 mph, and again, in about a mile or so, she loses power and dies. Coast to the side. After waiting for several minutes, she cranks up again. Get back on the road. Another 1/2 mile, same thing. She drops power and quits. Now she wont start at all. 20-mile tow home. ouch.
I've looked around, and I've seen some troubleshooting advice on this engine, but it doesn't seem to fit my profile. She (did) crank and start, and would run more than a couple of seconds.
What would cause the engine to run for a little while, lose power, and then quit? I suspect I did something wrong when I changed the filter, because it ran fine before that. I drove it 2 hours home from where I bought it last week. I filled the filter with diesel and a little Diesel Kleen, and it cranked right over. I'm not really sure where to start.
Sorry to be so long-winded.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks much.
Craig
Just got an '86 F-250 w/ a 6.9 Navistar. My daughter has named her Mad Maxine. She's ugly. Here is her picture:
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She's my first diesel, but I am pretty handy with a wrench, and have worked on many a gasser.
Here's what's happening:
Truck has been running fine. Changed the fuel filter and valve cover gaskets over the past weekend. Started her up, and she idled fine. Took her around the block, no problems. Decided to drive her to work yesterday, and all was well for the first 15 miles or so, then she lost power and died. I coasted into a parking lot, and tried to re-start, but no luck. Being a (new-to-me) truck, I wondered if maybe the fuel gauge was wrong, and I had run out of diesel. I switched to the rear tank, and hit the starter, and after a few cranks, she came back to life. YAY! Clearly, I had just run out of fuel. I drove directly to the filling station, and filled up. Cranked her back up, and drove the last 5 miles to work. Fast-forward to 5:00. Jump in and crank her over; she starts up, but seems to idle a little rough. I back out and drive out of the lot, and the engine seems to smooth out. Drive 1/4 mile to the first stop light, and she slowly drops idle speed and dies. After a few cranks, she starts back up. Drive on down the highway @ 55/60 mph, and again, in about a mile or so, she loses power and dies. Coast to the side. After waiting for several minutes, she cranks up again. Get back on the road. Another 1/2 mile, same thing. She drops power and quits. Now she wont start at all. 20-mile tow home. ouch.
I've looked around, and I've seen some troubleshooting advice on this engine, but it doesn't seem to fit my profile. She (did) crank and start, and would run more than a couple of seconds.
What would cause the engine to run for a little while, lose power, and then quit? I suspect I did something wrong when I changed the filter, because it ran fine before that. I drove it 2 hours home from where I bought it last week. I filled the filter with diesel and a little Diesel Kleen, and it cranked right over. I'm not really sure where to start.
Sorry to be so long-winded.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks much.
Craig