pappyscrapster

Hello all, welcome to my nightmare, So may not have been the best choice, drove my rig down the the bone (fuel gage) just a tad above the red mark, pulled in fueled up, off I go 1/2 mile later, and after an slightly embarrassing attempt (went weak in the pedal, some turbo but nothing to write home about) to pass of a loader, my truck just shuttered a bit and died, open up the hood, have 9 pounds when I bump the ignition, Do have fuel at filter, DID have small spray with 3 cracked open injector lines, have checked all fuses, this truck will not even try to start. cranks and cranks,,but no catch, what next? APPs more eletcrical hair pulling? Any help needed.
Thanks Pappy

matthais

check for codes dead pedal is usually an indication of vp failure

pappyscrapster

Yep,, no codes but,,, Had the good fortune to get some time w/ a fellow named Harold Bowers, (of the this TDR clan, nice fellow,) at any rate he solved this issue first, using his nose, informed me jokingly the next day, that later that night, he noticed a gas smell, on his pressure gage, and it hit me, hahah turns out I'm a sucker for any green colored sticker, regardless of the actual pump it's on, 24 gallons of Unleaded flowed, truck ran for about 1/2 mile, if anyone ever has the same symptoms, first thing first, smell your fuel, check your receipt etc etc.
Now as exciting as that is, the solution was fairly straight forward, I was going to drop the tank, having done it once before, I was sure I could do it in a short 3 hours, then it dawned on me, truck has a pump, and system in place to do what I need, so after 56 or so, "bumps" and lots of extra gas containers, I drained her dry, refilled, changed filters, cracked the injectors, took all of 30 seconds for the truck to fire. A tip, if your needing to drain your tank in this method, be sure to open a draft every so often (gas cap) lets needed draft in.
Any rate I consider this closed, thank to everyone.
Pappy

Lary Ellis (Top)

Glad you got it figured out

Add a couple ounces 2 cycle motor oil to your fuel for a couple tank fulls, Gas has no lubricating properties and even a little in the fuel tank can be hard on the injection pump.

You should be good to go

pappyscrapster

I did put in 2 quarts 2 stroke, during the purge, made sure to see it flow at the filter. Someone has also told me gas, can damage the internal seals in the VP? It's almost 11 years old now,, was replaced back in 04, (previous owner) wonder which pump they put back in? May have to look into that...may be a newer style,
Does anyone have some input about the ware and tear to the VP from the gas?