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HELP truck ran fine last night now will not start

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Old 04-12-2010, 09:43 PM
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you have the factory lp bypassed right? they are known for the diaphragm breaking
 
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Old 04-13-2010, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by moneyman_09
Oh i forgot to mention that when the jackass who owned it before thought he would be cool and install a 4 point race harness he drilled a hole in the top of my tank i tried to patch it with a big bolt and some jb weld but it still drips a little.

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I checked over the lines only place it leaks is from the bolt
I doubt that's the problem because that hole should always be above the fuel level if it's on top of the tank. Air is obviously being sucked into the fuel supply somewhere. You just have to find the leak.
 

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Old 04-13-2010, 10:22 PM
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I'm not sure if the factory pump is bypassed also i looked over the fuel lines to the filter and found no wet spots or anything
 
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Old 04-13-2010, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by moneyman_09
Got it going today she fired up air in lines big time. I don't understand half of the **** the guy b4 me did to the truck he spent the money to make it twin turbo but then half assed the rest of the truck. I bought with the plans of fixing everything but lost my job and have just been driving it as is for now. If it has a weak lift pump would that mater being there is a high flow fuel pump on the frame rail that i installed? or is the lift pump acting as a restriction to the external fuel pump.
so you ran the high flow pump to the stock lift pump then to the injector pump???
 
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Old 04-14-2010, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by moneyman_09
... i looked over the fuel lines to the filter and found no wet spots or anything
You might not see any sign from a little rusted pinhole until you pressurize the tank.

Is the fuel heater and filter assembly tight?
 
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Old 04-14-2010, 10:03 AM
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if you are already using a pull cable just take the solenoid out and take the rubber plunger out. then put the solenoid back in without it. problem solved
 
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Old 04-14-2010, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by cumminskid92
... then put the solenoid back in without it. problem solved
If so, that would make the first time I ever heard of air entering the system through the shutdown solenoid.
 
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Old 04-14-2010, 01:16 PM
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yea my bad i didnt read all of the posts before commented. i was just talking about the theory about the shut off solenoid being bad
 
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Old 04-15-2010, 09:46 AM
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Yea the solenoid is gutted now. the heater and filter assembly is tight all the fittings look good and yea i think that it still has the factory lift pump and my high flow pump is just there. However sometimes if i shut off the elec pump it is more prone to dieing. Which makes me think the factory lift pump is going out.
 
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