Help! just stopped running
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sorry Tin nut on the back of IPR
Ok that will give me a few things to check out.
1. Fuel Pressure at schrader valve
2. oil level on dipstick
3. tin nut on IPR
4. oil level under allen screw
5. possible water in IDM
Thanks all for these ideas and i'll report back with the results!
Ok that will give me a few things to check out.
1. Fuel Pressure at schrader valve
2. oil level on dipstick
3. tin nut on IPR
4. oil level under allen screw
5. possible water in IDM
Thanks all for these ideas and i'll report back with the results!
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Ok so i checked a few items on the truck today. Oil seems at least a quart low. Its down 2 xx down below the top line. Tried also to check fuel pressure at the shrader valve but it didnt even register and i didnt have a second tire gauge with me to check it. The tin nut was tight. I forgot my allen wrenches to check the oil level and ran out of daylught to check for water in the idm.
So is the oil level down enough to cause a no start? And is a tire gauge acurate enough to get a fuel pressure reading?
So is the oil level down enough to cause a no start? And is a tire gauge acurate enough to get a fuel pressure reading?
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Yes, you can test by cranking, it should be at least 20psi to fire.
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i used a tire gauge while cranking and it wasn't reading any pressure. Is this an acurate tester? If so does that mean the lift pump is out? is there a way to temporarily hookup an electric pump to test if that is the cause of a no start?
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ok so i stopped by the truck again with a second tire gauge. By the way The origanal gauge worked just fine on measuring tire pressure. But just as a second test i brought another one. So i put the gauge on the schrader valve then had someone crank the engine for a good 15-20 seconds. ZERO pressure!
Ok last thought before i rip out a pump. How likely is it that there is NO fuel in the truck and that the gas gauges for BOTH tanks is showing 3/4-FULL? There is a little fuel in the filter bowl when i pulled the lid off but if the tank was empty it wouldn't create pressure?
Should i have him go buy 5 gallons just in case....
next question is there a right up on pulling the fuel pump and am i correct that this is the low pressure one that sits in the valley behind the filter? Is there a way to test this by putting an electric pump on it just to test and see if the truck would fire up?
Ok last thought before i rip out a pump. How likely is it that there is NO fuel in the truck and that the gas gauges for BOTH tanks is showing 3/4-FULL? There is a little fuel in the filter bowl when i pulled the lid off but if the tank was empty it wouldn't create pressure?
Should i have him go buy 5 gallons just in case....
next question is there a right up on pulling the fuel pump and am i correct that this is the low pressure one that sits in the valley behind the filter? Is there a way to test this by putting an electric pump on it just to test and see if the truck would fire up?
