DieselCountry85

Ok, Mods in my sig
After I gutted my afc my truck smoked pretty good when I wanted it to. About a week and a half ago I put a bottle of diesel 911 in the tank when I fueled up since its getting cold. Now after another fuel up my truck won't smoke at all, not even if I lug it. Also, my turbo take a bit longer to fire which is weird since it is a stock turbo with the wastegate blocked. Also the DV holder for cylinder #3 is wet, is it time to rebuild my pump? Not sure what else it could be. Thanks for any help.

rebal

change your filter and test your fuel pressure

DieselCountry85

Thanks Reb, pullin an all nighter tonight, but I will hit the parts store on the way home tomorrow and see if that fixes it.

infidel

Never use 911 except in an emergency after your fuel has already gelled.
That's why it's called 911.
911 is mainly alcohol which dries out your fuel destroying the lubrication qualities of the diesel.
Bad for your injection pump.
Use the Power Service in the white jug for winter anti-gel.

DieselCountry85

so I changed the fuel filter and put on the correct fleetguard filter. As I was fighting with my filter and mount and thinking about how bad I wanted to beat the smart out of whatever engineer decided to put the fuel filter right there, I noticed that my cut off solinoid shaft was crooked. So, I pulled that off, put a spring on there to keep tension on it in the open position and fired it up. Full power boost and smoke! I am thinkin that the shaft wasn't opening the valve all the way so I was running on a half open fuel supply valve. Now I need to replace the o-rings on my dv holders and I won't have to do anymore service type stuff to my pump. Any idea where to get o-rings for this? I have heard guys say they are a Bosch direct part, anyone know for sure?

infidel

Sounds like you don't know the trick that makes it 500% easier.
On trucks with vacuum assisted brakes remove the two nuts that hold the master cylinder to the booster.
Even though it doesn't look like it you can now swing the entire master towards the fender without removing or bending any lines.
Gives you more than enough room.

DieselCountry85

Sweet! Thanks Bill, thats much easier than taking off the filter mount and threading it and the filter around the steering shaft, haha

TheWaterman1000

Guys,Guys..and Gals.. Use a 90% oil filter wrench. There are one's that take a socket extension. Slip it on, pop the extension in and turn toward the front and the fuel filter come off... But.. I would like to yank the whole dam thing off the engine and relocate the fuel filter bracket and lines. Anyone done this??

DieselCountry85

Yeah, a few companies make a kit to do it. The best known are F.A.S.S. and Airdog.

TheWaterman1000

I'll go back and take another look at them. I'm just looking to relocate the stock system right now.

Robert Rausch

Man oh man oh man... thanks Bill! I recently had my fuel filter decide to clog up on a trip... luckily it was in the daylight and I was carrying a spare filter. Still it always takes a bit of wrassling and contorting to get the darn thing off. NEXT TIME I'll be prepared!