Madgod
Registered User
Hello guys,
Thoughts from the guys in the know, my truck( 1990 f350 7.3 idi 4x4) just shut down on the road yesterday. I have a electronic fuel pump feeding the fuel filter. I installed a fuel gauge at the filter. I was running low on fuel and thought maybe I just pushed it to long to fill up. Popped the hood and noticed I still had 4.5 psi at the gauge. I tried flipping tanks to see if maybe that would help.( Second tank doesn't read so not sure how much fuel was in the tank.) Same psi reading at the gauge.
My next step was thinking that the fuel shutoff failed and was not letting fuel through the IP. ( IP is the original one with 200,000 miles) I kept cranking in intervals hoping that it would start but did not. Sitting in a left hand turn lane in Southern California is like sitting on the freeway back east. I ended up pushing it ( with the help of a bystander, yes there are friendly people that are not nut jobs in CA) up into a parking lot. Had to get to work so I left it and came back at night.
I filled up the tank that was reading with 10 gals. Pulled the fuel line feeding the filter and had my wife turn the key. Fuel came at a steady rate into the empty gas can. So I figured I didn't pull air into the feed side to the filter. I hooked the line back up and decided to crack one of the fuel lines to the injectors. Had my helper turn over the motor and the cracked injector barely got wet with fuel. The fuel shut off seems to click when you take the power off and on.
Is it right on me to think that either the pump went south or the fuel shutoff failed? The truck had been on the freeway earlier that day and started and stopped a dozen times before this. I went ahead and ordered a Baby moose anyway but now I 'm starting to think I jumped the gun.( still wanted the moose but maybe there is more to this story that I'm missing)
New to the diesel game and any thoughts would be great.
P.S. Glow plugs and relay was replaced about 3500 miles ago. No warning lights came on before it died.
Paul
Thoughts from the guys in the know, my truck( 1990 f350 7.3 idi 4x4) just shut down on the road yesterday. I have a electronic fuel pump feeding the fuel filter. I installed a fuel gauge at the filter. I was running low on fuel and thought maybe I just pushed it to long to fill up. Popped the hood and noticed I still had 4.5 psi at the gauge. I tried flipping tanks to see if maybe that would help.( Second tank doesn't read so not sure how much fuel was in the tank.) Same psi reading at the gauge.
My next step was thinking that the fuel shutoff failed and was not letting fuel through the IP. ( IP is the original one with 200,000 miles) I kept cranking in intervals hoping that it would start but did not. Sitting in a left hand turn lane in Southern California is like sitting on the freeway back east. I ended up pushing it ( with the help of a bystander, yes there are friendly people that are not nut jobs in CA) up into a parking lot. Had to get to work so I left it and came back at night.
I filled up the tank that was reading with 10 gals. Pulled the fuel line feeding the filter and had my wife turn the key. Fuel came at a steady rate into the empty gas can. So I figured I didn't pull air into the feed side to the filter. I hooked the line back up and decided to crack one of the fuel lines to the injectors. Had my helper turn over the motor and the cracked injector barely got wet with fuel. The fuel shut off seems to click when you take the power off and on.
Is it right on me to think that either the pump went south or the fuel shutoff failed? The truck had been on the freeway earlier that day and started and stopped a dozen times before this. I went ahead and ordered a Baby moose anyway but now I 'm starting to think I jumped the gun.( still wanted the moose but maybe there is more to this story that I'm missing)
New to the diesel game and any thoughts would be great.
P.S. Glow plugs and relay was replaced about 3500 miles ago. No warning lights came on before it died.
Paul