[norx]

Hello

New here. sorry for the bad english i am from norway

i have a 92 starcraft with a 6.2 d

When the engine is over night cold it is very very hard to
start.

any ideas.

thanks morten

 

[High Sierra 2500]

Welcome to the forum! :welcome:

Just a couple of questions to help narrow down the problem...

When it finally does start up, does it smoke or run rough?

Also, are you using the block heater? It really helps in cold weather...

Welcome again!

 

[norx]

hard start cold

thanks

no when it starts it runs fine. just one cloud of white smoke.

morten

 

[High Sierra 2500]

Is it cranking plenty fast? Are your batteries good?

Also, you didn't mention if you are using the block heater or not...

 

[norx]

Is it cranking plenty fast? Are your batteries good?

yes it is crnking plenty fast. yes i have 2 new red tops

Also, you didn't mention if you are using the block heater or not...

no i am not it is 10c here now.

i have to crank it for 2-3 minutes total in 10-15 sek reps. to get it to start. but when it sits for only 1-2 houers it starts att ones.

morten

thanks

thanks

 

[rock_shoes]

Sounds like you have some kind of air leak. Seems like you are having to re-prime the pump when you start the truck from cold.

 

[norx]

ok

i can smell some diesel .

i am going to take a look under tomorow any ideas where and what to look for?

thanks a lot
morten

 

[High Sierra 2500]

Yep, rock_shoes is right. It does sound like an air leak. It could also be a bad lift pump.

Go to the sticky on air leaks at the top of the 6.2 forum. In that thread there are directions on how to find an air leak. Do the test to see if there is a leak. If you find one, fix it so it doesn't leak anymore and see what happens...

If there aren't any leaks, you may have to replace the lift pump. Sometimes if the lift pump is bad it will allow fuel to drain back to the fuel tank and then it will take a lot of cranking to get it started again, but if you can smell diesel fuel it sounds like a leak so it probably isn't the lift pump.

You are right... 10 degrees C is warm enough you shouldn't need the block heater. I figured it might be cold where you are... I guess I just assumed that because it is cold here... ):h

 

[norx]

thanks

i will do that test.