Mine too... You're idle is way low... Should be around 800, give or take a hundred. I still think its an injector.

 

i will crank it up and see how it behaves. the motor is fine once it runs it just has been making me go through 2 - 5 cycles to fire

 

Same with mine, occasionally some injectors with a lot of miles won't hold prime and they'll leak down into the cylinder, makes startups hard.

 

thats what has me weirded out. itts only got 113K and its acting up

 

Bump the idle up a bit for winter. 100-200 rpm.
That, or feather the pedal for a min or two at start-up.
This is very common for these trucks/motors.

 

I am noticing that if it sets for 6 hours or so itwill not start well at all. if I run in to a store and come right back out it sarts up great. i think I may have a loss of prime some where like McCall said. I hope its nothing expensive!

 

I had the same problem with my truck, and after reading this post, I went and adjusted my idle and now no problem!

 

i guess that it could not hurt anything.

 

OK i turned up the idle. it still does not fire up right I sat for over five minustes trying to get it to turn over. does anyone know where the valves are that stop the diesel from going back out of the lines. I have no raw diesel pop at first crank which makes me think its not a leaking injector. Im freaking out guys

 

Overflow valve could be leaking down... I gotta do mine too. Could be a leak at the pre-heater bowl where the wiring harness plugs in. Could be a leak in your lift pump. Could be a crack in the lines, although it'd probably stall out on you if it was.

I don't know where mines coming from either, but I really don't care at this point, it still fires up in the morning, just takes a little while. The 98 starts right up no matter how long its been sitting... Weird.