rivercreek
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DRT= Dead Right There (FYI). A3 died while driving. Severe power loss, eventual stall - wouldn't restart. No fuel. Will run/sputter on ether. My assumption was a clogged check valve (top of fuel tank). I've had that happen in the past. Same exact symptoms. No dice. Check valve was clean and moving freely upon inspection. Next I changed the fuel filter. Didn't have the opportunity to cut open old filter to check it (got tossed) so I don't know how bad it was. Fuel looks good, truck has been run quite a lot lately. Probably 8 or 9 tankfuls in past 2 months or so (not old fuel). Also more than half tank of new fuel had been burned prior to shut down (not bad fuel. Well, could have been bad fuel, but not likely). Cranked her and cranked her, not pulling fuel. Next, I opened the drain valve on filter housing, pressurized tank w/ air to get fuel moving through new filter. Note: I was not able to get any fuel flow to/through the filter housing drain with air pressure. I was using a 20 gal air tank that initially had 125psi and an air gun/fuel soaked rags as seal. Didn't have an air supply where I was. Perhaps I ran out of air too soon, but perhaps there is a blockage between tank and filter. Sooo, I disconnected the supply line from the pump and ran a hose directly into a 5 gal fuel can sitting on the fender (higher than pump) and cranked some more. Still wouldn't pull fuel. Next, checked voltage to fuel shutoff solenoid - checked good at 24V. Solenoid switch tested good as well. Lastly, pulled solenoid and checked plunger - clean and freely moving. operates correctly with 24V applied. Guys, I'm out of ideas now. Anyone have any theories ? I hate the thought of towing the poor girl somewhere and paying somebody to figure out just what the @#$% is going on. Thanks in advance for any ideas.![Banging Head aua aua](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_banghead_125.gif)
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