hey guys I'm Charlie, I proudly bought my first diesel a few months ago, a 1984 f350 reg cab dually with a 6.9 idi, all stock, non running from a title loan repo yard.
I'm pretty handy with a wrench at 21 years old. but I'm at a loss right now. When I bought the truck, a couple battery cables and some batteries and a whiff of starting fluid brought the old girl to life. After that, coming to find a huge tranny leak, and no power steering and leak injectors. before I did, it ran fairly well. I drove it for a while, filled it up with fresh diesel, and like after 3 times of driving it. It stalled and lost power. After that night, it didn't happen again. I replaced the power steering, air filter, and I did all the injector lines and o-rings. No more injector leaks or air intrusion... as far as I know. Injectors definitely aren't leaking in their cups.
So now, with all that bs out the way, I have a much bigger problem now. It just stopped starting! I'm at a loss. It cranks and cranks but it's like it's not getting any fuel. No smoke whatsoever when cranking. If I spray some starter fluid in it, it will start until the starter fluid dissipates and shts right off. Abot 1 or 2 seconds.
So now, I'm wondering if it's the lift pump or fuel filter. My next order of business is changing the fuel filter, which I never did after buying it. So it could be clogged. I don't know. If that doesn't fix it, I'll move to the lift pump.
Any help would be great. I'm sure I'm forgetting something about the truck. So let me know if you need anymore info.
Thanks guys, glad to finally be apart of the diesel community, look forward to making some good friends
Charlie B
1984 f350 6.9 idi
Tempe, AZ
I'm pretty handy with a wrench at 21 years old. but I'm at a loss right now. When I bought the truck, a couple battery cables and some batteries and a whiff of starting fluid brought the old girl to life. After that, coming to find a huge tranny leak, and no power steering and leak injectors. before I did, it ran fairly well. I drove it for a while, filled it up with fresh diesel, and like after 3 times of driving it. It stalled and lost power. After that night, it didn't happen again. I replaced the power steering, air filter, and I did all the injector lines and o-rings. No more injector leaks or air intrusion... as far as I know. Injectors definitely aren't leaking in their cups.
So now, with all that bs out the way, I have a much bigger problem now. It just stopped starting! I'm at a loss. It cranks and cranks but it's like it's not getting any fuel. No smoke whatsoever when cranking. If I spray some starter fluid in it, it will start until the starter fluid dissipates and shts right off. Abot 1 or 2 seconds.
So now, I'm wondering if it's the lift pump or fuel filter. My next order of business is changing the fuel filter, which I never did after buying it. So it could be clogged. I don't know. If that doesn't fix it, I'll move to the lift pump.
Any help would be great. I'm sure I'm forgetting something about the truck. So let me know if you need anymore info.
Thanks guys, glad to finally be apart of the diesel community, look forward to making some good friends
Charlie B
1984 f350 6.9 idi
Tempe, AZ
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