DeputyWilson
Registered User
Sooo, this is my first post here, I am brand new to the site so I apologize if this question has been asked a million times. But here we go.
I have a 1994 7.3 idi turbo that I inherited from my father in law. its a crew cab, long bed, 5 speed, and I just broke 70k miles. It is BONE STOCK other than some airbags on the rear and some gauges for boost ( unplugged the wastegate) and EGT. Overall the truck is in pretty good shape, however, I have had issues with rough starts for a while now. I noticed that I was having a substantial and increasing fuel leak from some of my return lines, so I replaced the return lines. I also was having an issue where the "wait to start" light would come on for about 2 seconds and turn off, then the GPR would click over and over, so I replaced all of the glow plugs also (motorcraft of course).
So after all that, much to my surprise the truck ran great. I had no more leaks and it was starting right up, no problems. I had driven it several times and several hundred miles with no issues. I really thought that it was fixed. HOWEVER, this last Saturday, I went out to start the truck and it started, but kinda sputtered a little bit after it fired, but smoothed out within a couple seconds, and I drove it around for a while with not problems. Just this morning, I went out to start it up after it had sat for a few days and it turned over, cranked, fired and started. It ran for about 2 seconds and then sputtered out and died. I cranked it again for about 4 cycles of 5-10 seconds and nothing. It didn't even act like it wanted to fire at all.
So here I am, confused and irritated. I'm wondering if this is a new problem, or just more of the same old stuff. So my question to ya'll is, where do I start? I planned on checking the fuel shut off solenoid, and checking the fuel flow at the schrader valve to see if it's getting fuel. Could it be the fuel pump? could it be my injection pump? Where should I start and what do I look for? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you guys in advance !
I have a 1994 7.3 idi turbo that I inherited from my father in law. its a crew cab, long bed, 5 speed, and I just broke 70k miles. It is BONE STOCK other than some airbags on the rear and some gauges for boost ( unplugged the wastegate) and EGT. Overall the truck is in pretty good shape, however, I have had issues with rough starts for a while now. I noticed that I was having a substantial and increasing fuel leak from some of my return lines, so I replaced the return lines. I also was having an issue where the "wait to start" light would come on for about 2 seconds and turn off, then the GPR would click over and over, so I replaced all of the glow plugs also (motorcraft of course).
So after all that, much to my surprise the truck ran great. I had no more leaks and it was starting right up, no problems. I had driven it several times and several hundred miles with no issues. I really thought that it was fixed. HOWEVER, this last Saturday, I went out to start the truck and it started, but kinda sputtered a little bit after it fired, but smoothed out within a couple seconds, and I drove it around for a while with not problems. Just this morning, I went out to start it up after it had sat for a few days and it turned over, cranked, fired and started. It ran for about 2 seconds and then sputtered out and died. I cranked it again for about 4 cycles of 5-10 seconds and nothing. It didn't even act like it wanted to fire at all.
So here I am, confused and irritated. I'm wondering if this is a new problem, or just more of the same old stuff. So my question to ya'll is, where do I start? I planned on checking the fuel shut off solenoid, and checking the fuel flow at the schrader valve to see if it's getting fuel. Could it be the fuel pump? could it be my injection pump? Where should I start and what do I look for? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thank you guys in advance !
