The last time I drove my 2002 7.3l, it ran a little rough.
I dismissed as being due to cold temperature, it was in the 30s here that day, which is cold for south central Texas.
Later that afternoon, it barely started and would idle very rough and I needed to keep pressing the pedal in order to keep it running.
I shut it off and checked under the hood to find that half of my serpentine belt had shredded off. There were strips of rubber all over the engine.
The belt had apparently caught the dipstick handle and sheered it off at the top of the tube.
I replaced the belt and now the truck will not start at all.
It sounds like it wants to, but can't quite fire up all the way.
I hooked up my AE scanner and ran a couple of different test, including the injector buzz test.
The even numbered injectors buzz noticeably quieter than the odd numbered ones.
The 1294 code shows up in every test I'm able to run with the engine off, including the buzz test.
From what I've researched so far, the 1294 code is usually due to the driver's side UVCH, either chaffed and/or unplugged.
Now that you know the history, my question is, could the belt have damaged/unplugged something when it was slinging around?
Or is it just a coincidence that both of these things happened at the same time?
The truck ran fine before any of this happened?
I dismissed as being due to cold temperature, it was in the 30s here that day, which is cold for south central Texas.
Later that afternoon, it barely started and would idle very rough and I needed to keep pressing the pedal in order to keep it running.
I shut it off and checked under the hood to find that half of my serpentine belt had shredded off. There were strips of rubber all over the engine.
The belt had apparently caught the dipstick handle and sheered it off at the top of the tube.
I replaced the belt and now the truck will not start at all.
It sounds like it wants to, but can't quite fire up all the way.
I hooked up my AE scanner and ran a couple of different test, including the injector buzz test.
The even numbered injectors buzz noticeably quieter than the odd numbered ones.
The 1294 code shows up in every test I'm able to run with the engine off, including the buzz test.
From what I've researched so far, the 1294 code is usually due to the driver's side UVCH, either chaffed and/or unplugged.
Now that you know the history, my question is, could the belt have damaged/unplugged something when it was slinging around?
Or is it just a coincidence that both of these things happened at the same time?
The truck ran fine before any of this happened?