please help i am 80 miles from home.

engine lost power out the highway when i came in to this little town the engine died.

1993 cummins i checked the fuel filter and it was full but i changed it anyway. no start
I cracked the injector lines and fuel sprayed out each. no start and no smoke.

please help Bob

 

any luck yet with your truck and you changed your fuel filter and have plenty of fuel at your injectors

 

Wow aint this a Doozy, maybe loss of compression or something like that. i mean you have fuel going into injectors but no smoke. I don't think it would be injectors fouled.

 

fuel pump problems [timing issues] broken pump gear maybe broken cam

 

well I got a ride home and will be picking the truck up in the morning. I've had some time to think about things that happened over the week.
Wensday the truck loss a little power and the idle dropped about 150 rpm. I noticed this when I killed the truck at a stop light. it has never died before.
Thursday morning it started slower than normal 2-3 cranks
this morning i had to step on the throttle for it to start. almost normal power and normal smoke.

millage is 286000 I have owned it for 35000 and have had to do nothing other than service.

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I agree with the timing problem, maybe gears. I have never done anything with a cummins.

 

Did it just suddenly quit? Does it re-start after cooling off?

Sounds to me like the VE is getting tired...

 

well we drug it home today and it still won't start. i will be checking the valve train to see if everything is running up and down.

I have a date with the mechanic monday high points will be timing and VE problems.

 

had a mechaninc look at it and the fuel I was getting at the injector was actually very little. so I am having the IP REBUILT.

 

sure it wasn't something simple like the shutoff solenoid?? I would hate to see ya rebuild a good pump over a $30 or so part.

 

Hence, my unanswered questions:
Evidently it just gets taken to a shop and whatever work is specified gets done.

Sometimes I wonder why I even bother trying to help people around here.