What what gauge?

And when my grid heater cycles it will sometimes pull the volt gauge down just low enough for the check gauges light to come on.
Cory

 

found the ecm, who the heck mounts a computer to the side of a diesel engine, talk about vibration

 

Well everyone has beat the bushes to death trying to avoid the inevitable.
Put a VP44 on an be done with it. Trying to figure the codes will run you in circles so many times.

 

yup thats what figured truck has 195,000 miles and I am sure it was replaced at least once so ...

 

this may be another symptom of my problem, I have been starting the truck and letting it run for about 20 minutes at a time so the batts don't die since it has been in the 20's here but i have not driven it for fear of another breakdown and it is too cold out for any manual diagnosing, I am noticing that the truck is smoking out the exhaust and smells like rich exhaust, i never had this before at least not a idle, is this a symptom to my problem or is it just cause it is so dam cold out?

 

Yeah!! just like the guy posting in the 2nd gen forum that just replaced his VP.......and his truck still DOESN'T run

 

i agree there is a lot of information out there, but the problem is applying it correctly to the issue... this is where the mechanic with his experience and equipment comes in...you cannot beat a correct diagnosis

 

ok i did this test and it says replace tranfer pump which i did already and perform powertrain verification test ver-2a, what is this?

 

ok well I drove the truck around today for the first time since the last breakdown and it seems fine but it was in the 50's yesterday and 60's today so i think maybe fuel geling was the problem? when I broke down it was 15* during the day and i don't add antigel so guess i should start

 

Tom, anything is possible, the new ULSD gells much more quickly than the old stuff. After a good year last year, the MFGs. may be trying to lower the additive levels to reduce costs.

This could see-saw back and forth until they get their collective stuff together, the first year of ULSD was a nightmare for most people in cold weather, we had stuff frozen up all over.

I just automatically dose it double strength with white PS whenever I fill up.

 

well i guess all i can do is add the antigel and drive her, if she breaks doen again I know it wasn't the feul