Hey guys! Just looking for opinions from some of you more mechanical guys as to a solution for my 96' 6.5 td not starting. The truck had been running fine with no signs of impending doom or sputtering or the like. I replaced the PMD maybe a year and a half ago with a remotely located one up into the bumper. The original PMD was becoming inconsistent but never totally stopped but would make me wait a few minutes sometimes. Injector pump was factory replaced around 70,000 miles. Truck currently has about 200k on her.
So, running errands and decided to pull into a gas station to grab a drink on a rainy day. Shut off the truck and when I came back out the truck wouldn't start. At first it reminded me of the PMD issues so I sat for a while and would try to start her every now and then. Totally dead with no hints of coming close to starting. Got out and checked the t-valve and had no fuel coming out so I thought a simple lift pump would get me rolling again. Had someone bring me one and then got under the truck while they turned the key on for me. Lift pump was in fact dead. Hooked up the new one, turned key and felt it run so continued to fasten fuel lines. Turned t-valve and had fuel flowing but still truck was dead as can be. Changed the fuel filter because it was easy enough to do and honestly was overdue. Checked fuel delivery to that stage and tried again to start the engine to no avail. Cracked open an injector in the front drivers side and had nothing coming out while turning over engine. Since I was at a gas station and it was getting late I decided to just have the truck towed.
I let it sit for a couple weeks as it's been so cold, but now I want to try and get her going. I pulled and charged the batteries. Gave it a shot again hoping for the best but still just spins with no signs of anything. I re-connected the original PMD since it was still there and never totally gave out on me back in the day and still nothing. I'm guessing my next move should probably be the fuel shut off solenoid? What opinions would you guys have? Should that be my next move or am I skipping a step or two? I assume i'd have to just replace the solenoid as opposed to some sort of troubleshooting that would tell me it's actually bad before replacing? I'm not much of a mechanic so I really appreciate you guys helping out. Thanks!
So, running errands and decided to pull into a gas station to grab a drink on a rainy day. Shut off the truck and when I came back out the truck wouldn't start. At first it reminded me of the PMD issues so I sat for a while and would try to start her every now and then. Totally dead with no hints of coming close to starting. Got out and checked the t-valve and had no fuel coming out so I thought a simple lift pump would get me rolling again. Had someone bring me one and then got under the truck while they turned the key on for me. Lift pump was in fact dead. Hooked up the new one, turned key and felt it run so continued to fasten fuel lines. Turned t-valve and had fuel flowing but still truck was dead as can be. Changed the fuel filter because it was easy enough to do and honestly was overdue. Checked fuel delivery to that stage and tried again to start the engine to no avail. Cracked open an injector in the front drivers side and had nothing coming out while turning over engine. Since I was at a gas station and it was getting late I decided to just have the truck towed.
I let it sit for a couple weeks as it's been so cold, but now I want to try and get her going. I pulled and charged the batteries. Gave it a shot again hoping for the best but still just spins with no signs of anything. I re-connected the original PMD since it was still there and never totally gave out on me back in the day and still nothing. I'm guessing my next move should probably be the fuel shut off solenoid? What opinions would you guys have? Should that be my next move or am I skipping a step or two? I assume i'd have to just replace the solenoid as opposed to some sort of troubleshooting that would tell me it's actually bad before replacing? I'm not much of a mechanic so I really appreciate you guys helping out. Thanks!