camojcory
New member
- 41
- 2
- 0
- Location
- Harrisburg, SD
ok guys i have been searching the forums and i apparently have the exact opposite problem as everyone else with my '85 1009 so i'm hoping for a little help.
my truck starts in the morning perfect, even after sitting outside in our cold south dakota nights. wait light comes on, goes off after 10-20 sec, turn the key and she fires right up instantly.
some times she runs pretty rough for 5-10 sec after that first cold start up but then she idles out fine. this should be looked into, but it's not the problem i'm having.
the problem is that anytime i start the truck after that first cold start, you really have to crank it over for a long time to get the engine to fire up. if it sits for hours it will start ok, but shut it off to run into the store and you are turning it over for at least 5-10 sec before it will start again.
also, when it does start after one of these episodes, you get a large puff of white smoke. i am told this is unburned fuel?
the truck is stock other than a manual GP switch that was added per the "manual glow plug install" thread on this site by the guy i bought it from. this switch seems to help a little, but not much and not always.
i have looked through the forums and the TMs, i have not found an answer to this problem. I do not have the tools or the knowledge to test everything on the truck. i'm an electrical moron and would rather just replace a questionable part with a new one, but i don't want to replace everything.
what do you guys think it is? my fuel injector timing/calibration, GPs, GP relay, GP controller, temp sending units?
my truck starts in the morning perfect, even after sitting outside in our cold south dakota nights. wait light comes on, goes off after 10-20 sec, turn the key and she fires right up instantly.
some times she runs pretty rough for 5-10 sec after that first cold start up but then she idles out fine. this should be looked into, but it's not the problem i'm having.
the problem is that anytime i start the truck after that first cold start, you really have to crank it over for a long time to get the engine to fire up. if it sits for hours it will start ok, but shut it off to run into the store and you are turning it over for at least 5-10 sec before it will start again.
also, when it does start after one of these episodes, you get a large puff of white smoke. i am told this is unburned fuel?
the truck is stock other than a manual GP switch that was added per the "manual glow plug install" thread on this site by the guy i bought it from. this switch seems to help a little, but not much and not always.
i have looked through the forums and the TMs, i have not found an answer to this problem. I do not have the tools or the knowledge to test everything on the truck. i'm an electrical moron and would rather just replace a questionable part with a new one, but i don't want to replace everything.
what do you guys think it is? my fuel injector timing/calibration, GPs, GP relay, GP controller, temp sending units?