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I'm fairly new to diesels, this is my first owned one. It's a 1996 F250 with a 7.3 turbo. 170k miles. Ran like a champ right up to my current problem.
It was a cold morning and I went to start my truck. Truck was not plugged in. Cranked a couple of times, white smoke as usual when cranking a few times. Kept trying to start and no more white smoke. I can crank all day long and no smoke at all. No check engine light, no codes when plugging into computer. I have changed the cam pos sensor, and the icp. The icp had a little oil in it so it needed changing anyway. Checked all fuses, none blown. I rotated the relays. Still same issue. Cranks but won't start. Fuel bowl is full, seems like it's not getting fuel. Won't even start when spraying fluid to intake. Can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks ahead of time!

 

Charge he batteries. If cranking voltage is dropping below 10.5v the injectors won't fire. You may have bigger issues if it won't fire on starting fluid.

 

I charged them thinking the same thing. Still the same problem.

 

Do you have a wait to start light ?

 

Yes still have WTS light

 

Have you checked fuel pressure?

 

Same thing as mine, it was white smoking because it was a little cold outside in FL 50 degrees, and all of a sudden it stopped the white smoke, fuel heater could be bad, or glow plug relay, I had no lights and all fuses were good, battery's are old. That might be the problem. It almost started once or twice but never cought.