Dirtclod
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'01 250 7.3 4x4 auto 203k miles
Just got it out of the shop Friday. Before it sat for 3 months waiting on body work. When it was back together fired up,no smoke and idled fine. Not so much when giving it throttle under load. Running rough,turbo pressure sluggish finally it just died. Turned over fine but no start. Called a reputable diesel mechanic down the road. I've used him before always done me right. 2 weeks later he called said IDM was the issue and replaced it. Also a bad valve cover gasket,replaced longthat, I had him rebuild oil coolerandvflush new fan clutch and fan. He saidit was ready and runs good. At first it wouldn't crank. After several attempts it fired up and blew white smoke. It didn't run good.service eng light was on. I took it back told him wasn't running right. He dug into it said #1 inj was bad. I went picked it still didn't want to start. But it did and ran great. No more starting issues till next morning same thing. Started fine rest of the day. This morning same thing but didn't take as long. Headed to the OBX for family vacation got 75 miles pulled in a store came out truck wouldn't start. 2 hours later still wont. A friend is going with me tomorrow and plug it up to see what we find. He's not very savvy on diesels but I've been studying.
List of possibles.
1) icp,ipr
2) Cps
3)hpop resevoir (check level see if losing it somewhere
4) any other suggestions?
Just got it out of the shop Friday. Before it sat for 3 months waiting on body work. When it was back together fired up,no smoke and idled fine. Not so much when giving it throttle under load. Running rough,turbo pressure sluggish finally it just died. Turned over fine but no start. Called a reputable diesel mechanic down the road. I've used him before always done me right. 2 weeks later he called said IDM was the issue and replaced it. Also a bad valve cover gasket,replaced longthat, I had him rebuild oil coolerandvflush new fan clutch and fan. He saidit was ready and runs good. At first it wouldn't crank. After several attempts it fired up and blew white smoke. It didn't run good.service eng light was on. I took it back told him wasn't running right. He dug into it said #1 inj was bad. I went picked it still didn't want to start. But it did and ran great. No more starting issues till next morning same thing. Started fine rest of the day. This morning same thing but didn't take as long. Headed to the OBX for family vacation got 75 miles pulled in a store came out truck wouldn't start. 2 hours later still wont. A friend is going with me tomorrow and plug it up to see what we find. He's not very savvy on diesels but I've been studying.
List of possibles.
1) icp,ipr
2) Cps
3)hpop resevoir (check level see if losing it somewhere
4) any other suggestions?