odd start issue

[geonc]

45 deg day, went to start and leave the jobsite......turn key and wait for gp's to cycle.....light goes out...NE<NE<NE<NE<NE...no start, just heavy RAW fuel out the exh AND from under the hood


Pop hood.....smoke/raw fuel smell billowing from Donaldson filter.

Wait a couple mins....cycle GP's and stilll no start....just the same raw, unburned fuel smoke.

Same thing on next 3 tries....then on the fourth ....started like nothing ever happend and it started like I had just shut it down

I'm familiar with the IDI's and the IP sol hanging up but this is a first with the PSD.........

What gives the signal to start? I apparently had plenty of fuel going to the cyls, and why was it barfing raw fuel smoke from the air filter?

You would have sworn the eng was on fire the way it was billowing!

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[trackspeeder]

Sounds like the glow plug relay quit.

 

[Bean]

I bet your relay is sticky, may have not cycled until that last time you tried it.

 

[Mike]

Agree with above comments,,,WTS light does not mean GPR is working correctly.

 

[kwazyca]

Originally posted by trackspeeder
Sounds like the glow plug relay quit.

Ditto.

 

[Ford_Forgotton]

Yup, same as above. All that smoke is a dead giveaway that you have a GP problem. 90% of the time its the relay, the other 10% is weak batteries and or actual bad GP's

 

[geonc]

Yea, Batts are good, starter is 2 mos old....guess it's time for the Stancor relay

Real mind blower to see all that smoke emenating from UNDER the hood

 

[Mastertech]

New glow plug relay and you will be set, George

 

[JamesF250]

Man, I knew the answer to this one and everybody beat me to it.