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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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no start cold

lately my truck has not been starting cold or if it does it runs real rough until it warms up a little.I had the inductive heating flash done about a year ago and block heater is plugged in and working.after truck is warm all is normal.up untill lately truck would start down to about -20 celsius (not plugged in)with no issues now will barely start at -5 c being plugged in.

no dtc codes have been set and i am running same oil i have ran since new with racor filters.

fuel filters were changed about 10000 km ago.

|Could the injectors finally given up the ghost or ?

truck has 250000 km on it and all injectors are the originals

from what i have noticed all glow plugs seem to be working but not sure how to check them

any and all help is appreciated
 
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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I have an 05 F350 that is doing the same thing. Does yours get worse if it sit a few days? Mine is company truck and if I let it sit all weekend it starts bad and runs bad till it warms up a bit. Mechanics at work don't have much experience with the 6.0 yet so I'm hoping I can find an answer here.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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The answer is the latest heat flash for the injectors at the dealer. I hate to give advice that includes dealership work ( I have bad experience ), but hard cold start/ rough running cold is injector related, and the flash could/will help.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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Does this heat flash effect power or economy?
 
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:50 PM
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I'm sure someone will chime in with that info, I personally don't have the flash, I have 8 brand new injectors. Some people blame worse fuel economy after the flash....
 
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 09:32 AM
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no the heat flash slightly improved the mileage on my truck and made it start so much better.
 
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Old Dec 16, 2008 | 10:13 AM
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Try Hot Shot's Secret

Originally Posted by gotfu
lately my truck has not been starting cold or if it does it runs real rough until it warms up a little.I had the inductive heating flash done about a year ago and block heater is plugged in and working.after truck is warm all is normal.up untill lately truck would start down to about -20 celsius (not plugged in)with no issues now will barely start at -5 c being plugged in.

no dtc codes have been set and i am running same oil i have ran since new with racor filters.

fuel filters were changed about 10000 km ago.

|Could the injectors finally given up the ghost or ?

truck has 250000 km on it and all injectors are the originals

from what i have noticed all glow plugs seem to be working but not sure how to check them

any and all help is appreciated
Hi,

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