truck died
#1
truck died
middle of an intersection my 96 ram died...took forever to get started again and didnt want to stay running. it didnt want to idle at all and would die if i didnt keep my foot on the peddle. lift pump would be my guess but if u all have other ideas i am open to them. I need to have this truck dependable so I can drive 600 miles to see my kids.
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filter is new....one thing that sticks in my mind is that before i had any problems i put $20 in diesel fuel at a marathon..the pump was pumping extremely slow..like it was frozen. I wonder if i got some bottom of the storage tank fuel. I was going to put fuel in today but never made it that far.
#7
Take the feed line off the lift pump blow some shop air back into the tank that will clear anything out of the draw straw then try and start it if that doesn't work check the bowl and strainer clean em real good and try again if it still don't start take the line of the injector pump and turn the truck ove that will tell you if the lift pump is good or bad
#8
ok thanks i will try that...i need to take a couple days off...i have RSD (nerve malfunction) in my left hand so when the nerve gets agitated from to much use it feels like a slammed my fingers in a door all day long. I am racing against mother nature here in Michigan. I wont be able to work on it at all once the weather gets cold.
#9
I put a draw straw I in and also fixed a hole in the filler tube. Truck starts better than it has in years. It does however have very low idle at start up and runs slightly rough...it idless at around 700 rpm once after a couple minutes. I still need to replace the prefilter/fuel heater elbow and put a kit in the fuel heater.
Any ideas what would cause the low idle at initial startup?
Any ideas what would cause the low idle at initial startup?