I will start by saying that my fuel gages have always seemed to read "high", as in both tanks seem to read way past full when the tanks are topped off. That being said, yesterday I was delivering a couch and my truck died on the front tank. It seemed like it was simply running out of fuel, I saw that the tach was still moving so I ruled out the CPS, so I switched tanks to the rear and cranked on it. I cranked for 15 seconds and checked the schrader valve, and it seemed to have pretty good fuel pressure. I cranked it again and just before I gave up (I'm not a big fan of leaning on a diesel starter too much) it started and ran fine.
Two questions:
I'm pretty familiar with the shower head situation on the IDI's, but I don't know anything about the OBS Powerstroke fuel pickups/sending units. Do the early PSDs have the same pickup hose dissolving issue as the IDIs? I've changed many floats, but I'm guessing this isn't a float as it's ready high, not low. The immediate/free fix would be for the operator to simply not run the tanks quite so low, but I can't always depend on that goober
Secondly, I was a little surprised how much cranking it took to get the engine to light after I had confirmed fuel pressure at the filter. Is this just simply getting the air out of the injector lines? Just wondering, not really shocked, I just thought an electronically fired injector would have purged a little quicker but I've been wrong a lot lately.
Thanks
Two questions:
I'm pretty familiar with the shower head situation on the IDI's, but I don't know anything about the OBS Powerstroke fuel pickups/sending units. Do the early PSDs have the same pickup hose dissolving issue as the IDIs? I've changed many floats, but I'm guessing this isn't a float as it's ready high, not low. The immediate/free fix would be for the operator to simply not run the tanks quite so low, but I can't always depend on that goober
Secondly, I was a little surprised how much cranking it took to get the engine to light after I had confirmed fuel pressure at the filter. Is this just simply getting the air out of the injector lines? Just wondering, not really shocked, I just thought an electronically fired injector would have purged a little quicker but I've been wrong a lot lately.
Thanks