Need Help ASAP Fuel Filter
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Need Help ASAP Fuel Filter
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 27-Oct-02 AT 07:28 PM (EST)]We changed fuel filter ourselves in 97 F250 and truck will crank but will not start?? Any suggestions?:'Also the glow plugs will not come on?
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Need Help ASAP Fuel Filter
unscrew the cap, make sure that filter is installed correctly, with cap off turn key to on for jest a second or two to fill bowl up, screw cap on and try starting.
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From: Detroit area
Need Help ASAP Fuel Filter
The 97 has a mechanical fuel pump. The fuel filter should be filled with clean fuel before putting on the lid. If you put the filter in and did not fill it with fuel you cold have this problem. The glow plugs not coming on could also cause a no start. Why did you change the filter were you having starting problems, or was it preventive maint. Check for loose or unconnected wires at the glow plug relay. If everything is hooked up, check the relay with a test light to see if voltage is present on the small signal wire with ignition in the run postion. If you have voltage on the small signal wire you should also have voltage on the 2 large posts of the glow plug relay. If 1 large post has voltage and the other does not(with key in the run postion) Your relay is bad and needs replaced. Buy at International truck place, half the price of Ford place. Good Luck let us know what it was. 
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