truck died dont know whats wrong?
 

i was driving down the road at about 50. all of a suddon truck bogged down. then went back to normal for a few seconds and then bogged down again and then just quit came to a stop!! tried to restart, wouldn't restart

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it is really cold where im at! thought might have got some water in the fuel and it froze? i put some diesel 911 thats supposed to fix that and still wont start?

How cold? How long were you driving before this happened? last fill up? Any codes/ engine light come on? The water thing sounds ligical. Im surprised 911 didnt help. Try turning on the ign and bumping the starter, w/o starting the engine and see if you can hear your fuel pump working. Check or change your fuel filter also. humm:

i was driving for about 15 minutes! i filled it all the way up last weekend, gauge says i have a little over 1/4 tank. no codes or engine light. lift pump is running like it should, and just changed filter less than a month ago!! i have no clue whats going on?

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it was also like 5 degrees f when this happened

Sounds like it gelled up to me, I've never had it do it going down the road. Had it do it one night while it sat put 911 in it and left it for a couple hours and it worked. I bumped the starter a few times to try and circulate some of the 911 and then left it

Im with Diesel life on this one. I does sound like a gelling issue.

Have you tried adding some fuel to the tank? The fuel gauge reading wrong happened to me. Gauge worked fine the tank before then my truck died on me going down the road. Gauge said 1/4 tank but it was empty. Since it died on you going down the road I would think that you are going to have to bleed the lines no matter what the cause was.

Does sound like a gelling issue..

But 5*F??
That is freakin ridiculous!

It's been -20 to -40 around here lately! And I've got like.. 1/4 tank.. It's been sittin for 2 1/2 weeks while I work on it no additive last fill up and it's not gelled.. Sounds like you got some crap fuel there bud...:td:

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Actually I'm more towards the empty tank.. My gauge is all screwy, I put $30 in and it says half a tank :argh:
Apparently a common issue with these beasts.

so where do i start with bleading the lines? and getting all that shit out of the system? should i try adding some fresh fuel and some more 911?

Diesel 911 will trash a vp44! That stuff is full of alcohol iirc

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so where do i start with getting my truck back going again its a 99 4x4

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well guys thanks alot for everything got it going i bled the injector pump it was full of air. and spraid a small bit of diesel ether in the intake and she fired up!

Ether is a bad idea. These trucks use a grid heater in the intake. You could seriously injure yourself or cause damage to your truck. Its ok as long as you disconnect the grids first.

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Glad it running again bud:tu:

yep ether is one of the worst thing you can do to a diesel,even without a grid heater it can damage rings and even pistons if enough is used

Yep. My dad has had hard starting problems with his 05 CTD dually for a few months. He decided to disconnect the grid heater and start using ether. As stubborn old farts often do, he went against my warnings on this, rather than just have it repaired at a proper licensed diesel shop or dealer. Well his truck just refuses to start at all. He's a cheap son-of-a-gun, but now has dumped hundreds of dollars into it. His so called "diesel mechanic buddies", 3 of them are a joke, and keep guessing what the issue is, so he dumps more money into it to no avail. There is doing it the right way, and doing it his way. His truck has not run in 3 weeks. Ether....no bueno!

i didnt use hardly any! just enough for it to fire. i know its not good for them.

It makes a great flamethrower tho :w2:

Oh yes!....

Buddy of mine has a parts Powerstroke and he decided to get it running, messed around for a bit then he pulls out this bottle of John Deere ether...
Big ol fire ball!:rocking:

but dumb. All I did was stand back and watch his "genius":pca1:

Yep, Ether brings out the kid in all of us..........:pca1:

that sounds like a gell up, and happen to my dad one time in his semi while going down the road and the company towed it back to there shop and warmed it up. some diesel 911 and it was all good