Corvette1974
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Hello,
Just looking to bounce some ideas off of you guys.
My dad was driving the other day when we said the truck sputtered out while moving as if it had ran out of fuel, not a "dead kill" type situation - it wanted to keep running if that makes sense. It has been extremely cold here in NJ (around zero) for the past two weeks, everything is getting destroyed equipment wise.
I tried seeing if fuel came out of the bleeder and drain - both looked ok. Not gelled or anything. Fuel filter was one year old exactly but I installed a new one and it seemed to bleed ok. I did notice the stream was a little weaker than I remember.
The truck however will still not start. Not even a pop. The shut off solenoid seems to be clicking, although I don't know how to test it further. The fuel filter is new. The IP however is leaking like a sieve from the throttle shaft. Could this be the problem? It seems to have come up because of the extreme cold. When I bled the filter, I looked at the pump and it was leaking a ton of diesel. I still need to test the lift pump.
I was going to put a heater on the IP to get it to "summer temps" to see if I can get it to pop.
Let me know if you have any ideas.
Will
Just looking to bounce some ideas off of you guys.
My dad was driving the other day when we said the truck sputtered out while moving as if it had ran out of fuel, not a "dead kill" type situation - it wanted to keep running if that makes sense. It has been extremely cold here in NJ (around zero) for the past two weeks, everything is getting destroyed equipment wise.
I tried seeing if fuel came out of the bleeder and drain - both looked ok. Not gelled or anything. Fuel filter was one year old exactly but I installed a new one and it seemed to bleed ok. I did notice the stream was a little weaker than I remember.
The truck however will still not start. Not even a pop. The shut off solenoid seems to be clicking, although I don't know how to test it further. The fuel filter is new. The IP however is leaking like a sieve from the throttle shaft. Could this be the problem? It seems to have come up because of the extreme cold. When I bled the filter, I looked at the pump and it was leaking a ton of diesel. I still need to test the lift pump.
I was going to put a heater on the IP to get it to "summer temps" to see if I can get it to pop.
Let me know if you have any ideas.
Will