Kinda no start.
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From: BoCoMo
This is a diesel pump injected, I don't think flooring it will do a whole lot of good. The fuel injectors are opened by oil pressure. If the oil is too thick because of the cold they may not open very fast. Put a lighter weight oil in it or put a timer on it to heat up the oil about two hours before you need it. Make sure that your batts are in top shape, get them load tested. Since it started being this cold, I would think that the glow plugs came on. Did you 'wait to start'? Cycle the 'wait to start' twice and see if that will help it start better.
Get a volt meter that plugs into the accessory port. It will show you your batt voltage and the drop when your glow plugs come on and when the glow plugs shut off and also the out put voltage of the Alternator.
Get a volt meter that plugs into the accessory port. It will show you your batt voltage and the drop when your glow plugs come on and when the glow plugs shut off and also the out put voltage of the Alternator.
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From: Glen Rose, Texas
This is a diesel pump injected, I don't think flooring it will do a whole lot of good. The fuel injectors are opened by oil pressure. If the oil is too thick because of the cold they may not open very fast. Put a lighter weight oil in it or put a timer on it to heat up the oil about two hours before you need it. Make sure that your batts are in top shape, get them load tested. Since it started being this cold, I would think that the glow plugs came on. Did you 'wait to start'? Cycle the 'wait to start' twice and see if that will help it start better.
Get a volt meter that plugs into the accessory port. It will show you your batt voltage and the drop when your glow plugs come on and when the glow plugs shut off and also the out put voltage of the Alternator.
Get a volt meter that plugs into the accessory port. It will show you your batt voltage and the drop when your glow plugs come on and when the glow plugs shut off and also the out put voltage of the Alternator.
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From: BoCoMo
You might do a test and see if some of your glow plugs are not working (or gpr). 24degrees is really not that cold for these trucks if all of the GPs are working fine. cycling 4-5 times may be couple two many 
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get the plug in volt meter from wally world and see how far the voltage drops when the gpr comes on.
. get the plug in volt meter from wally world and see how far the voltage drops when the gpr comes on.
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From: North Georgia
dont worry too much about it pin... Motorbug did the same thing yesterday morning. puking white smoke initially is normal too... until it starts and begins warming up... then the smoke should clear. if you plug in your block heater you should eliminate most of your hard starts...
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