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How to diagnose when your IDI starter will not turn the engine over
How to diagnose a Ford IDI pickup that will not turn over or turn over correctly. (Van’s are similar.) This tech article is to help those less familiar with how your starter system works. It will help you through a set of tests to help you figure out what to do when your truck will not turn...- Big Bart
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- bad battery hard start ignition switch no start solenoid starter starter soleniod starting issue stater issue
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- Forum: IDI Tech Article
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7.3idi: WVO: IP timing
We were doing the dynamic IP timing on my van. With Diesel: 8.4 btdc. the engine fired up nicely - and there was no smoke at no time while driving. Air filter is good. Return-line is good. Today I have a 2-tank system and I am using 2 heat exchanger. One at a second filterhead and another one...- sieg01
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- dynamic timing hard start ip timing wmo wvo
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- Forum: BioDiesel & Alternative Fuels
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7.3 IDI 15 year first startup issues
Hello all! Fairly new to the diesel world but im undertaking a project truck. The truck used to be my fathers, he bought it back in 1993, its an F350 dually with 185,000KM that he parked out in a field 15 years ago now. My goal is to get it started and running and work from there, probably wont...- GateKeeper
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- 7.3 hard start idi
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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1992 Ford F-350 7.3 IDI NA drives 1/2 mile then dies and has hard starts...
Hi all, I recently began working on my dad’s old 7.3 IDI in mid November since my LB7 Duramax has faulty injectors (again). It’s been sitting since 2008 so I’ve done a decent amount of maintenance on it so far. I’ve replaced batteries, return lines, injector orings, oil, transmission fluid...- foundonroaddead
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- 7.3 idi f350 ford hard start
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Issues with starting
Hello everybody I’m having some trouble. Set in the other night and decided to do the injection pump, (she runs like a top now.) Now I’m having a problem of when the truck is warm it will not fire back up easily, but it will finally cough some black smoke and roar to life. Does anyone know of...- FordFlatbed93
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- cold start hard start injection pump
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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7.3 IDI slow to start after fuel line replacement
Hi folks, new to the forum and new to diesel truck ownership also. I have a 1990 F250 7.3 IDI, had it for about a year. Had a local mechanic replace the fuel lines recently due to cracking, and since then it's had a hard time starting when cold. It'll cough a bit of smoke right away, like it...- J Mark
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- 7.3 idi fuel line hard start
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
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Intermittent Hard starting.....HELP!!!
I have a 91 7.3L IDI that has 170K miles on it. Noticed one day it refused to start. Turning over but not starting. Ran the Batteries dead. Noticed that I had some wetness around some injectors and the IP. Had the money saved and This truck is clean as a whistle and never gave problems so...- corey bonnevie
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- 7.3 7.3 idi 7.3 liter diesel ford hard start
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- Forum: 6.9L IH & 7.3L IDI Diesels
