tvnoober

new to the forums! hello everyone im having a problem kinda if anyone could give me any ideas or what to do that would be nice. (first diesel truck. all stuck) i got a 01 cummins 6 speed. last week the truck jelled up so i had to put a heater to it after that it ran fine. today in the morning was -7F outside had the truck plunged in all night. let it warm up for 15 mins then took off. when going down the road the truck kept having lose of power and white smoke... i turned around went home. drove it around and it was then fine. no white smoke no lose of power took it to work and back and nothings wrong. i checked the codes and one of them is po216.. injection pump. but its not doing it anymore? could this have been from the cold weather?

patdaly

Yep, fuel was gelling, get it treated.

We have had several gel this year around here, they didn't get the additive package right for the extreme cold we have been getting.

I dose mine heavy in addition to the additive package.

DIESELWRKS

if you haven't in awhile and its due then change out the fuel filter and put in a bottle of additive in tank. if you dont change the filter dump some in the filter housing and in tank. drive it get the additive in the entire system before shutting down.

tvnoober

i did put additive in the fuel and a good bit. i put howes when i filled the tank up then when that happen i put enertech labs fuel treatment in it. but whats really getting me is why is it throwing a this code? is my injection pump dying? po216. the truck did sit around for a week but i have drove it around put around 70 miles on it and it still did it.

patdaly

0216 is not a death code.

I have one running for 8 years now, it is a timing control code and can be set by low or no fuel pressure, which obviously you had.

Clear it and see if it comes back.

tvnoober

ok i will. thank you. this is my first diesel truck. new to all this. didnt wanna spend 2k for new lift pump and injection pump if there is nothing wrong with it. i have the truck running right now. its in high idle and shes running fine. how would i clear the code? go out and buy a code reader? or is there a place? i went to auto zone and advanced auto and they wont do it.

KATOOM

For some reason auto parts stores stopped reading codes for customers. But no matter, its wise to have your own code reader too. You can pick up a relatively decent scanner for about $100 which will tell you all you need to know. I carry one in the truck at all times. Also, the real cheap scanners have been known to not show all the codes in the system.

The P0216 code is definitely not a code you want but as pointed out, it "could" be from fuel supply issues. Since you're new in the Cummins world, you'll be hearing how important it is to have gauges, especially a fuel pressure gauge. Running too low of fuel pressure will cause all kinds of unwanted problems with the injection pump system and eventual failure.

tvnoober

just wanted to say thank you guys. i bought a good code reader cleared it and drove around all day and it has not thrown no codes what so ever. putting gauges on this weekend also. thank you

KATOOM

Glad to hear it. Let everyone know if you need any more help with your gauges.