Hey gang... got one for ya...
My buddy has an original owner 95 7.3 turbo, not the powerstroke... Trouble is lately it's been getting hard to start... sometimes. it has 180k miles on it.
Glow plugs are good, relay is good, starter is fine, batteries and associated cabling is fine.
Sometimes the truck fires right up, other times you can grind on it for 30 seconds with no results. You might hit the key again, and it might start, or it might go another 30 or 45 seconds before something happens. Doesn't matter if it's hot or cold start, You could shut it down to make an order at McDonalds and hit the key and annoy everyone behind you.
He was questioning the injector pump, I'm thinking some of the low pressure fuel delivery hose might be getting some air in it. When it comes online, it almost sounds like it's barely running, then it catches for real and is fine. Runs fine, drives fine, no power problems under load at all.
Our old 86 6.9 kinda behaved like thing when you'd drain the fuel water separator and change the filter on the engine, but once it got it primed, it was fine. When our injector pump died, it was all or nothing, and even if you could get it running, the cloud of blue smoke would wipe out the neighborhood. This truck doesn't smoke at all.
Old rubber hoses getting spongy?
My buddy has an original owner 95 7.3 turbo, not the powerstroke... Trouble is lately it's been getting hard to start... sometimes. it has 180k miles on it.
Glow plugs are good, relay is good, starter is fine, batteries and associated cabling is fine.
Sometimes the truck fires right up, other times you can grind on it for 30 seconds with no results. You might hit the key again, and it might start, or it might go another 30 or 45 seconds before something happens. Doesn't matter if it's hot or cold start, You could shut it down to make an order at McDonalds and hit the key and annoy everyone behind you.
He was questioning the injector pump, I'm thinking some of the low pressure fuel delivery hose might be getting some air in it. When it comes online, it almost sounds like it's barely running, then it catches for real and is fine. Runs fine, drives fine, no power problems under load at all.
Our old 86 6.9 kinda behaved like thing when you'd drain the fuel water separator and change the filter on the engine, but once it got it primed, it was fine. When our injector pump died, it was all or nothing, and even if you could get it running, the cloud of blue smoke would wipe out the neighborhood. This truck doesn't smoke at all.
Old rubber hoses getting spongy?
