HPO is High Pressure Oil... and then HPOR is the High Pressure Oil Reservoir...

Need to work on a post with all the acronyms in it...

 

Can you describe the best you can on ware to look for this HPOR and what it looks like.

 

Red arrow is pointing to my old autometer oil pressure sender. There is normaly a plug in that port. Remove it and check the oil level of the res...

 

My personal experience with trucks not startin in the cold, that have good glow plug systems, is worn injectors.

I hate to say it, but especially in the case of the guy from FL, your poppets probably ain't sealing anymore.

 

I appreciated your advice along with CSIPSD advice that he has been giving me.

What I have done so far, is check the GPR and it checks good, check the HPOR and oil is close to the top, I charged both batteries and they still check good with a load test.

When I try to start this engine (when it's cold) it does start BUT, it cranks and cranks before it fires. After it starts, then it starts just fine for the rest of the day or UNTIL it sits long enough to cool down again. This 2000 truck has less than 6500.00 mi on it, do you still think it's possible to have worn injectors? I have not checked the glow plugs them selves to see if they are ALL working. If you guys can tell me how to go about it checking them I will, if you guys think that they could be the problem. My wait to start light is coming on and going off normally. I am the original owner of this truck , so I know there has NEVER been ANY kind of repair work done to this motor. I did get a recall to have "I think the crank sensor" replaced, and that has not been done yet

 

6500 miles on a 2000!!! Holly hell!

I really cant do much more for you without putting hands on it. Pull the valve covers and check the harnesses.

run a few tests with a scanner hooked up. Hard to fix over a forum.

 

Yea....I understand, I'm going to try to find someone with a scanner before I go any farther, but, can I test the glow plugs with them still in the engine or do they have to be on my bench to test.

 

You can test them in the truck... I will have to do some digging to find the test procedure...


http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/public...tInjection.pdf

Down load this link and look at page 72... That whole page walks you thru what a ford tech will do on a hard start complaint.

 

Thanks for the info on that Ford site VERY GOOD site.

Have you, or anybody else ever heard of using the wrong "grade or weight" of oil in the crank case causing a hard start (when cold) problem, because I did change oil, and for the first time I used a different brand than I usually do. I always used Mobil 1, and this time I changed to Valvoline which claims to be comparable to Mobil 1. After I changed the oil I drove the truck on a 300 mi non stop trip then it was parked for about a week and a half, and now I have the problem of hard start when cold. I can't believe that would make a difference, but I got to ask just to make sure.

 

Is it Diesel Rated??? Thats the most important thing... I stick with Rotella or Dello for mine... 15-40 dino...