Posted two messages earlier and had 0 replies. My truck quit <br>going down the road friday. Seems to be getting fuel but won't start. Anyone have any ideas?

 

WOW lets see, could it be bad fuel or water, how about clogged fuel filter,How do you know your getting fuel, did you check with a press guage ? Could be injector pump, lift pump, crank sensor, the lists goes on. ???

 

Figured it was probably gelled since the temp was -20F.<br>The girlfriend was driving it home from work. She said she<br>let it warm up for a couple minutes before driving off.<br><br>I have change the fuel filter and added conditioner to the<br>filter housing and tank. Checked for fuel flow at the bleed<br>valves. The truck is setting out in the wind, so I brought a generator and plugged the block heater in for about 5 hours. Still no luck. <br><br>The truck has about 51,000 miles on it. I do not have gauges <br>on it yet. Anything I should look for?

 

I really don't have any experence with lines gelling as I have allways used a fuel conditioner in mine. But if its most likely the line between the tank and lift pump, the filter housing has a heater in it. I would strongly reccomend a test press guage for checking fuel pressurer, as the 01 model has had the most failure rate of all. ???<br> Maybe someone that lives where its real cold can help you.

 

If it was -20.. i would guess fuel gelling as the problem..<br><br>You can get an 'emergency degeller/dethawer' that you pour in the tank and it will thaw the fuel right out.. You will also have to get some in the fuel filter as well.. Never used it personally, but would be something to try..<br><br>Not sure of brand name.. but Tractor Supply has it in their catalog..

 

:-[ Woops! Guess I forgot to mention that I had fuel at <br>the bleed valves. The fuel in the filter canister looked fine too.<br>I also cracked a line after the injector pump and had fuel flow<br>when cranking the engine. Of course I have no idea what kind of pressure I am getting.<br><br>All this leads me to believe it may be the injector pump, Return line (I read something about that in another article).<br><br>Anyone have any insight or quick ways to check this?

 

The little woman clains she let it warm up for a couple minutes<br>before driving off. Then only got about 1/4 mile when it started bucking. She tried feathering the gas and changing gears to keep it going. But it died and won't start.

 

It also had over 3/4 tank of fuel. :'(

 

if your gettin exhaust smoke here are some ideas lots of fault codes; air intake restriction; fuel pump overflow vale is malfunctioning; fuel heater is not working; ess or curcuit is not working;lift pump; fuel inlet resrtriction; injection pump died; no smoke = keyswitch lift pump; injector pump voltage supply circuit malfunctioning;fuses;lots of problems with the ECM The book list lots of different things need more info

 

From the way that it stopped, it sure sounds like gelling. I have only had it happen two or three times, but sometimes it can be a bear to get it thawed. The last time, I had to put the truck in somewhere warm to thaw it.<br><br>Everytime my truck has gelled, it followed a trip home from the sunny south where I got non-winter fuel.<br><br>Are your heaters working?<br><br>I still think that it is a gelling problem. If it were a 12v, i would suggest bleeding at the injectors. I don't know about the 24v.<br><br>Get it warm. Good luck.<br>george

 

I don't know alot but when I lost my injection pump it just quit. I had fuel in the filter,but nothing when you cracked an injector. <br> <br> Scooter

 

MoParr,<br>An easy check is to watch your tachometer while cranking the engine, it should rise and indicate cranking rpm. If it doesn't you have an electrical problem, crank/cam sensor etc., depending on engine model. If it indicates rpm while cranking, DISCONNECT your grid heaters!!! FIRST!!!, then shoot starting fluid in the disconnected air filter hose while a friend cranks the engine, go easy on the ether and the engine should start and run on the starting fluild. This will some times reprime a injector pump that is considered dead. At that point if the engine runs on the fluid, loosen #1 injector line and see if you have diesel fuel squirting while the engine cranks/runs on ether. Could be a half dozen fuel problems, you have to methodically check them out or use the process of elimination. HTH's, Larry<br>

 

I'd try and get it somewhere warm first and letting it sit for a while and warm up. If that doesn't work, then just start going through the list of things on here. I've never had experience with gelling since the coldest it get's hear in Texas is like 20 degree ABOVE 0.

 

Any codes?<br>