The temps here in arctic Minnesota have been pretty brutal during the past week, barely getting up to 0 degrees F. Highs last week were -9 F many times. I didn't have a chance to get my block heater installed before the weather turned this season.
I have good batteries and new glow plugs which are working. I have a full tank of winter-blend diesel with Diesel Treat added. Even with my battery charger on I'm not able to start my truck. A few days ago I tried to start my truck (M1008, cycled the plugs, slow cranking even with the heavy duty battery charger pumping 60 amps into the front battery (I removed my resistor bank, glow plugs pull from front battery) with full throttle. After many attempts it finally fired and roared to life then quickly died. I noticed quite a bit of fuel leaking under the truck from somewhere in the engine bay. I tried again and it finally started but then I heard a bolt fall onto the driveway. One of the bolts for the starter had sheared off with the threads in the block.
I towed it to my dad's house and spent the next two days under the truck. I pulled the starter and got that working correctly then spent the rest of the time repairing leaks and tightening and cleaning things up. It started up fine and was running great. I thought I had fixed whatever the problem was but now it still won't start and is leaking fuel again from somewhere on the motor.
At first I thought it was simply flooded and was maybe leaking from one of the two drain hoses on the fuel filter housing, the housing around the filter seal is slightly wet. The IP and the motor valley under the air cleaner are wet. I can't see where the fuel is leaking from, but assume this has something to do with my starting problems. I saw today that it is not leaking from the drain hoses on the filter housing. It's coming from somewhere else. I assume from somewhere on the IP.
So, first off, is it possible to flood these motors? If so, is there some sort of relief valve that would be causing this leak?
I've never had problems with gelled fuel, but could that be my problem? What are the symptoms of gelled fuel? Does this sound like it could be gelled up in the filter or the IP, or both? Or do you guys think I have bigger problems somewhere?
Thanks!
I have good batteries and new glow plugs which are working. I have a full tank of winter-blend diesel with Diesel Treat added. Even with my battery charger on I'm not able to start my truck. A few days ago I tried to start my truck (M1008, cycled the plugs, slow cranking even with the heavy duty battery charger pumping 60 amps into the front battery (I removed my resistor bank, glow plugs pull from front battery) with full throttle. After many attempts it finally fired and roared to life then quickly died. I noticed quite a bit of fuel leaking under the truck from somewhere in the engine bay. I tried again and it finally started but then I heard a bolt fall onto the driveway. One of the bolts for the starter had sheared off with the threads in the block.
I towed it to my dad's house and spent the next two days under the truck. I pulled the starter and got that working correctly then spent the rest of the time repairing leaks and tightening and cleaning things up. It started up fine and was running great. I thought I had fixed whatever the problem was but now it still won't start and is leaking fuel again from somewhere on the motor.
At first I thought it was simply flooded and was maybe leaking from one of the two drain hoses on the fuel filter housing, the housing around the filter seal is slightly wet. The IP and the motor valley under the air cleaner are wet. I can't see where the fuel is leaking from, but assume this has something to do with my starting problems. I saw today that it is not leaking from the drain hoses on the filter housing. It's coming from somewhere else. I assume from somewhere on the IP.
So, first off, is it possible to flood these motors? If so, is there some sort of relief valve that would be causing this leak?
I've never had problems with gelled fuel, but could that be my problem? What are the symptoms of gelled fuel? Does this sound like it could be gelled up in the filter or the IP, or both? Or do you guys think I have bigger problems somewhere?
Thanks!