i'v been working on my truck today the engines a 93 anyway i parked it in front of the shop worked on it for about 2 hours with on acc listening to the radio ,well i was almost done working on it and decided ,becouse the key was on to start it up and let it idle a few min before i put it away here's my problem i went to start an it wouldn;t ,it only start when you give the fuel ,when canking over it sounded like it wanted to start but wasnt getting fuel , when you step on it ,it ll run but it miss's any ides ?

 

What did you work on for 2 hours?

 

Sounds like either air in the lines or you're low on fuel....

Only thing that can change in 2 hrs of doing nothing.

Btw, my dad is a full time paramedic/firefighter. I am a volunteer.

 

both my parents and i are volunteer firefighters, just sayin... lol

 

relocating the toolbox and some seat mods.... i think i have the problem figered out i was talking with my grandpa he thought it might be the lift pump for the fuel , i checked it all i got was sucking sound no fuel , no air , the truck does havefuel in it so i'm going to check the charge pump [as he called it] so far if thats the prob it'll be the second pump in two years that i'v had to replace

 

Captain Paramedic retired here...Phoenix FD 26 years Mark

 

my dad's a capt with over 25 years totel .........cheaked the lift pump seemed to be working all right stilll trying to chase down the souce of my problems

 

my pump went out within six months of replacing it. i said screw it and bought a raptor

 

IIRC the VE is able to suck fuel to itself without the LP, but it will shorten the life of the pump. Seems to me you're sucking air from somewhere. Also, drain your fuel filter into a clear cup or glass and check if you have any water in there. Other than that, more info is required to figure this one out!

 

ya i'm gettin there but right now my brains spazing pretty bad at this point i'm just gonna run though the whole fuel system starting at IP ,after i fix that litttle screw up i'm gonna work my way to the tank ,right now i think it's the only way i'm gonna solve this

 

I noticed your in NH...

After that kind of rain, it's possible you bought some watered down fuel. Did you happen to buy diesel right after that storm?

 

Hopefully he'll be able to tell us what the condition of his filter draining is! Mine wasn't running quite right when I had some watery fuel... it led to a seized IP a few miles down the road... be warned!

 

nope no water in the fuel i blowdidid the trans up the tuesday before christmas and i'm doing a gas nv4500 converson an im still gettting the 4500 ready to go in ,funds haven't been quite what id hoped ,though i might have run it dry ,but im gonna fix my IP frist was putting in my 366 spring yesterday an i broked my IP

 

Ahhh... you didn't tell us you were working in the pump when it suddenly wouldn't start.... These are the types of details that help us help you trouble shoot.

 

i wasnt in the pump at the time sorry guys, what happened was i got sick of trying to solve my fuel problems, an i had the 366 spring sitting there an decided to put the spring in an then work my way to the fuel tank , of couse that didnt work out so hot ,right now i'm thinking it might be the LP ,i didnt want to think it was the problem at first couse i replaced it a year an a half ago