2 days ago I was running super low on fuel, I poured in a couple gallons of my WMO/diesel mix I use in another older truck. Started missing this morning, so figuring it was out of fuel I went and filled up proper. 27 gallons of fresh diesel. This is where the real trouble starts.
Drove 1.5 miles, truck stalled. Hard to restart, only runs 5 seconds at a time. I managed to coax it to a safe place to wait for a tow truck.
Once home, I purged the bulk of the dirty fuel by running the fuel pump until the diesel ran almost clear. Took almost 5 gallons out. Replaced the fuel filter.
Now it behaves even worse.
key on, wait for glowplugs. Cranks, rattles as it tries to start (gets to 1500rpm), then dead.
repeat as many times as you want, same thing. sets various codes. almost always a code 19, sometimes a code 18, infrequently a code 35.
I pulled and cleaned every engine related electrical plug I could find. Truck started, idled for 10 minutes with no issues. shut it down, same bad behavior on start up.
After messing around with it for a couple hours, giving it a break, trying multiple times right in a row, leaving the key on to build fuel pressure, the truck only starts when it wants to, no rhyme or reason.
When it starts, it drives fine. Fuel pressure is 7.5psi not running, seems to drop to around 4psi idling, but I cant keep it running long enough to get a proper steady gauge. Measured at the bleed T at the front of the engine. That seems a little low to me. Possible culprit?
I'm looking for anything cheaper than a new IP, before I go there. Truck has a 6 month old remote mounted PMD on a cooler.
Quick sum up. kinda starts then stalls. codes 18, 19, 35 (rarely). Looking for suggestions!
As a side possibility, my volt gauge is acting funny, and this started about the same time. Shows 10-11v keyed on, not running, 13ish running. Multimeter reads 13.5 and 14.2 in the same situations.
Drove 1.5 miles, truck stalled. Hard to restart, only runs 5 seconds at a time. I managed to coax it to a safe place to wait for a tow truck.
Once home, I purged the bulk of the dirty fuel by running the fuel pump until the diesel ran almost clear. Took almost 5 gallons out. Replaced the fuel filter.
Now it behaves even worse.
key on, wait for glowplugs. Cranks, rattles as it tries to start (gets to 1500rpm), then dead.
repeat as many times as you want, same thing. sets various codes. almost always a code 19, sometimes a code 18, infrequently a code 35.
I pulled and cleaned every engine related electrical plug I could find. Truck started, idled for 10 minutes with no issues. shut it down, same bad behavior on start up.
After messing around with it for a couple hours, giving it a break, trying multiple times right in a row, leaving the key on to build fuel pressure, the truck only starts when it wants to, no rhyme or reason.
When it starts, it drives fine. Fuel pressure is 7.5psi not running, seems to drop to around 4psi idling, but I cant keep it running long enough to get a proper steady gauge. Measured at the bleed T at the front of the engine. That seems a little low to me. Possible culprit?
I'm looking for anything cheaper than a new IP, before I go there. Truck has a 6 month old remote mounted PMD on a cooler.
Quick sum up. kinda starts then stalls. codes 18, 19, 35 (rarely). Looking for suggestions!
As a side possibility, my volt gauge is acting funny, and this started about the same time. Shows 10-11v keyed on, not running, 13ish running. Multimeter reads 13.5 and 14.2 in the same situations.
