hard start when cold/warm ok
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hard start when cold/warm ok
Well, my bad luck continues.
I had my pump rebuilt, just because it was leaking. During that, one of the injectors that was just over a year old went bad, and now I have another problem....
The truck sits for a week at a time. The last two starts have been a pain. It cranks fine, acts like it starts, but doesn't. Another couple of sets of cranking a nice big plume of blue smoke and it will start.
Once its warm, it fires right up w/o any problem whatsoever.
I tried doing a search. I can't tell if I should be looking for an air in the line problem, or a glow plug type problem.
The funny thing is that it never happened before the pump was rebuilt.
Any suggestions? Should I look for an air leak type problem, or start heading toward a glow plug issue.
I should also mention, since I bought the truck a year ago, the wait to start light never seemed to stay on long enough, and I've always heard the clicking noise.
I had my pump rebuilt, just because it was leaking. During that, one of the injectors that was just over a year old went bad, and now I have another problem....
The truck sits for a week at a time. The last two starts have been a pain. It cranks fine, acts like it starts, but doesn't. Another couple of sets of cranking a nice big plume of blue smoke and it will start.
Once its warm, it fires right up w/o any problem whatsoever.
I tried doing a search. I can't tell if I should be looking for an air in the line problem, or a glow plug type problem.
The funny thing is that it never happened before the pump was rebuilt.
Any suggestions? Should I look for an air leak type problem, or start heading toward a glow plug issue.
I should also mention, since I bought the truck a year ago, the wait to start light never seemed to stay on long enough, and I've always heard the clicking noise.
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If you disturbed the return lines when replacing the injector and did not replace all the return lines.........you may very well have an air leak into the system.
http://www.intellidog.com/dieselmann/idi.htm check it out here.
http://www.intellidog.com/dieselmann/idi.htm check it out here.
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Well, it's definately not the glow plugs, those were an easy test.
I replaced all my return lines last year when I did the injectors. I can see any huge wet spot, so I'm just going to to it again.
I replaced all my return lines last year when I did the injectors. I can see any huge wet spot, so I'm just going to to it again.
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