Hi friends,
Here's the checklist from DP site I filled out last night.
Any Ideas?
0. Describe in detail the problem you are having. Please be as descriptive as possible.
Recently I cone filtered, straight piped and put my FSD Cooler on the front bumper. After owning it 3 years.
It ran fine for a month.
Past week or so, it wont restart when sitting a bit.
And today, SES came on and stalled after making a spitting exhaust sound under my side of the engine.
I was low on fuel and made it into a gas station after a revival consisting of pulling the battery cables and purging the fuel filter.
While fueling (#2ULSD), I disconnected the batteries again and changed the fuel filter -it felt sticky but clean white as new-. Drove 5 more miles to home with no problems. LP is new.
1. Does the engine crank, or 'turn over'?
Yes.
1a. Does the engine start and run?
Yes, in the morning and after work, afraid to take it to lunch
1a1. If the engine does not start - Crack injector line: do you have fuel? Yes/No
1b. Do you have a Wait To Start Light & the amount of time (seconds) lit.
Yes, 5 seconds? when cold.
1c. Ambient Condition (temperature outside indicate F or C) _85° F
1d. Engine Cranking speed (if you have an accurate tachometer).
Normal
1e. Are you experiencing stalling?
Today it did on 10 mile commute home from work.
Hasn't stalled since the PMD was ontop the plenum.
Just died back then, no SES nor spitting.
1f. If Stalling, describe (upon startup only, down the road, hit a bump etc)
No bumps, down the road 120*F
1g. If Stalling, do you notice loss of dash or instruments?
No loss
-note if experiencing stalling,you must indicate PMD location in #24.
1h. Check turbo inlet and air filter for obstructions. Cone filters have lost disk and stopped air to turbo.
Seems fine
1i. In a no-hot start, pour a bottle of room-temp water on the injection pump. Does it start now? yes/no
No, tried it once a few days ago.
1.1 Lift pump test - describe results
Its new, but didnt test it the t valve. Purged fine, i guess during filter swap.
2. Service Engine Light while running?- on/off/intermittent
Came on on the road after noticing 'missing' feeling in acceleration. 5 miles after work.
2a. Service Engine light does glow during start/cranking/bulb check: Yes/No
Yes
3. Model year
1996
3a. Odometer reading (indicate if in miles or km)
252,000 miles
3b. Miles on major engine components if been replaced (example Injection pump)
Unknown
3c. Indicate the model number on the Injection pump (starts DS4 or DB2......)
No clue
4. Have you scanned for engine codes? (varies by pre/post 96) yes/no
About a week ago, but the battery cables were pulled to get home the night before.
5. List exact results on engine codes:
None, Batery load tests and alt- fine as well.
6. Air Filter condition (visual check)
New, clean and bright.
7. Fuel filter condition (freshly changed/condition unknown/mileage since changed)
No visible particles, white, but sticky feeling, not sure if Bio related.
I do a B20 blend with spec fuel. Kinda new filter, 2 weeks old.
8. Condition of Battery terminal connections (removed, cleaned and tightened)
Good and clean- no mods.
8a. Known condition and age of the batteries.
I've replaced one of them 1.5 yrs ago.
8b. Are batteries of differing age or are they a matched set?
Different, emergency situation.
8c. Condition of Major Grounds. (same drill as batt - removed, cleaned, retightened)
All good.
9. Upon cold start, does the radiator hose get hard quickly? Yes/no
No
10. Upon cold start, do you have excessive white smoke? Yes/no
No
11. Do you have excessive cranking time before the engine starts?
Not usually, when cold.
12. Have you used the block heater, and does this effect engine starting?(only try for starting problems)
Not lately
13. During hard acceleration, do you have excessive black smoke? Yes/no
No, not excessive, even less with CAI and pipe done.
14. Do you have any unusual exhaust smoke issues?
No
15. Turbo check out - pass/fail
I can hear the turbo spool, WG is stock and has vac.
16. Do you have an EGR on the engine? (An F or an S engine code 8th VIN digit)
F vin, do I have EGR? I dont think so.
17. Indicate if you know if it’s a 1500, 2500, 2500HD, 3500, 3500HD.
2500 Cheyenne
18. Indicate fuel that you are using: Bio-diesel, #2 Diesel, #1Diesel, SVO/WVO, other
#2 mostly since mods, havent had bio since before the mods.
Over a month ago.
18a. If running a VO (Veggie Oil fuel) setup, indicate details of your conversion (homemade, or packaged system)
19. Are you using any fuel additives? If so, please list.
No
20. Please indicate geographic region you are in: (example: Texas or Canada)
Southern Indiana
21. Do you have any service history available that might pertain to the problem you are having?
No, the recent mods are all Ive done.
22. Please indicate any modifications to the vehicle that might help us diagnose better.
Cant think of any.
23. Upon unscrewing the fuel cap, do you have a large vacuum formed in the tank? yes/no
Yes, some- not LARGE
24. Location of PMD/FSD? On the pump/remoted over intake/remoted out of engine bay (please specify placement specifically)
Under the front bumper.
24a. If remote mounted, describe wiring harness (homemade or purchased from a vendor?)
PMDCABLE.COM
24b. Indicate the location and condition of the FSD/IP grounding wire.
Intake
25. Are ALL glow plugs in proper working order as per this thread?
AFAIK
Whew!
Any help is appreciated .
Brian
1996 K2500 4x4 6.5TD
