'93 F350 crewcab 7.3 IDI, 212k miles, auto
One day last week I filled up the front tank at a mom-n-pop store with diesel. The truck ran fine for an hour and a half going to work. That evening it would not start. The batteries are new and the crank speed is fast. After switching the tank selector switch back and forth and pumping the accelerator pedal, it finally started but ran and idled very rough. I drove to the nearest large gas station and filled the back tank with diesel, which was about empty. After running on the back tank for 5 minutes or so the engine smoothed out and ran fine for 2 more days. So, I chalked that up to bad fuel in the front tank and was only going to use the back tank. This morning after the usual hour and a half trip back to work on the same fuel in the back tank, as soon as I rolled into the parking space the engine died and would not start again and I'm currently stuck at work. The back tank is now down to just over a quarter tank.
My plan is to get 10 gallons fresh diesel in cans and pour in the back tank and check the fuel filter water drain, and if that doesnt work, pull the fuel filter and replace. No lights came on on the dash.
Is there anything else I should check?
I looked through the forums about a guy I remember found fuel lines that had deteriorated and were leaking air or something but I couldnt find it.
I read somewhere that it doesn't help cracking the injectors' fuel line because fuel may be there but the pressure may not be enough.
The injector pump is 1 year old and the fuel filter is 6 months old.
The truck ran fine until the fuel level got low in the back tank.
On both back tanks, the filter sock screen thing has come off the bottom of the pickup pipe and it technically runs out of gas at a quarter tank but the current level is just under a half tank now.
Please help
One day last week I filled up the front tank at a mom-n-pop store with diesel. The truck ran fine for an hour and a half going to work. That evening it would not start. The batteries are new and the crank speed is fast. After switching the tank selector switch back and forth and pumping the accelerator pedal, it finally started but ran and idled very rough. I drove to the nearest large gas station and filled the back tank with diesel, which was about empty. After running on the back tank for 5 minutes or so the engine smoothed out and ran fine for 2 more days. So, I chalked that up to bad fuel in the front tank and was only going to use the back tank. This morning after the usual hour and a half trip back to work on the same fuel in the back tank, as soon as I rolled into the parking space the engine died and would not start again and I'm currently stuck at work. The back tank is now down to just over a quarter tank.
My plan is to get 10 gallons fresh diesel in cans and pour in the back tank and check the fuel filter water drain, and if that doesnt work, pull the fuel filter and replace. No lights came on on the dash.
Is there anything else I should check?
I looked through the forums about a guy I remember found fuel lines that had deteriorated and were leaking air or something but I couldnt find it.
I read somewhere that it doesn't help cracking the injectors' fuel line because fuel may be there but the pressure may not be enough.
The injector pump is 1 year old and the fuel filter is 6 months old.
The truck ran fine until the fuel level got low in the back tank.
On both back tanks, the filter sock screen thing has come off the bottom of the pickup pipe and it technically runs out of gas at a quarter tank but the current level is just under a half tank now.
Please help