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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 10:56 AM
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Exclamation HELP!! Truck won't start

I tried to start my 04/04 Lariat PSD this morning and no go. Temp about 70 F, moderate humidity. She cranks and cranks and occassionally "bumps", but won't start.

I drained the HFCM yesterday afternoon and ran it for a couple of minutes afterwards with no problems. Now....kaput.

The oil level is OK. Any ideas?
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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...air in the lines??? someone jump in and help me here im not much on fuel systems....
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 11:03 AM
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 11:04 AM
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Thanks!!! I hadn't thought of that!
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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Sad you need to, however.............the only thing you can do.
It is not major..........we all hope.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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rstephenw,

If the fan relay on the radiator fan goes bad or the wire comes disconnected vehicle will not start. IMHO i would check the connection.

Hope this helps
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 06:28 PM
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fan relay

I'm not to sure abnout the fan relay thing, I have seen many trucks run with the relay disconnected..
 
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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could be the fuel pump. crack the lines open and spin her over and see if fuel is coming out. The lines you wanna break loose are at each head (banjo type) but i dunno if you can get to them in the Ford.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 02:16 AM
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rstephew,

Here is a link to causes of a no start situation with the 6.0 PSD.
http://flatratetech.com/6literpowers...ms.htm#nostart

Hope this helps
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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Thanks Blackhat. She's in at the dealer now, so it will be interesting to see what the diagnosis is.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:14 AM
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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Absolutely!! I'll post it in the Problem/Mileage thread.

This site is incredible and the more info we share, the better it will get.
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 04:16 PM
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The problem turned out to be a chafed wire from the FICM. This kind of problem is really stupid. Because Ford or International did not spend 10 cents for a wire guide, they had to pay $205 in warranty work.

OTOH, I just found out that my diesel technician is the publisher of www.6literpowerstroke.com. 8-))
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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let me guess, at the back by the turbo charger?
 
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Old Jun 7, 2004 | 04:29 PM
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Yeppers. That's where he described it as being.
 
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