HOT engine starting problems
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Laughing Gas
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From: Fitzpatrick Alabama
HOT engine starting problems
I'm trying to work on a truck for someone (88 F350 7.3) and when cold, it would not crank, I put glow plugs and that fixed it, but when the engine runs for a while and warms up, it won't crank!!!!!!! I'm about to pull my hair out, I've never seen this one before, any suggestions.
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I'm assuming not crank means not start.... cranking is normally engine rotation by the starter. How many miles on the injection pump. Quite often a no start after a hot shutdown and an immediate restart is a worn out IP.
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I bought a used 94 that had a hard to start when hot problem. They had replaced the batterys, alternator, starter and injectors. I Found the injector pump timming was off...and not by much. I lined the marks up on the pump and cover and WOW! you'd thought I rebuilt the engine. Cost nothing to check that timming first.
Last edited by benwill1; Dec 28, 2007 at 04:27 PM.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Fitzpatrick Alabama
Timing is the first thing I checked, but it didn't help, I'm going to mess with it some more tomorrow. I couldn't get it to start once it cooled down because it wouldn't turn fast enough, I put the batteries out of another truck in it and it didn't help, so I think I'm going to have some starter problems.
