Hard Start

Six_Sloww · Oct 7, 2014

Just walked out to the garage to start my truck and it just acted like it was -30 out. I started cranking and watched the HPOP gauge like I usually do and for some reason it climbed all the way to 4k and just held. It would try and fire with a huge puff of white smoke out of the exhaust, it took 3 or 4 tries then it finally fired up...The garage was filled with white smoke

I just had my intake manifold off along with the injector harness.. Could I have missed the ground for the glow plug relay or something?

The trucks running fine now that it's warmed up

Stroker04 · Oct 7, 2014

The only ground that bolts to the intake manifold is in the right rear corner by the up pipes..are all you ficm connections good?

Six_Sloww · Oct 7, 2014

I never removed the ficm connections. I'll have to double check I suppose. When it is even the slightest bit warm it starts no issue, but if I let it sit overnight It puffs like hell

Stroker04 · Oct 8, 2014

Six_Sloww said:
I never removed the ficm connections. I'll have to double check I suppose. When it is even the slightest bit warm it starts no issue, but if I let it sit overnight It puffs like hell

Check your glow plug module connections as well.

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