Hello all,
Well I had somewhat of a weird thing happen yesterday. We drove into town, to pick up some furniture, (about a 30 minute drive), stopped for a bite to eat, then drove to a department store. As I pulled into a parking place at the store the truck stalled. I told my wife, “Something’s not right”; when I tried to restart the truck it would turn over but wouldn’t start. Wwwwwrrrrrrr, the starter was steadily spinning the motor over, but the truck wouldn’t start. Well my wife went inside to make good use of her time, (shopping), while I scratched my head and tried to think. I’m a new diesel owner, and certainly don’t all the in’s and out’s of the Power Stroke diesels, the only thing I could think of to check was a clogged fuel filter. I had already planned to replace it so I knew where it was located, so I removed the fuel filter and then replaced the cover. The same result, the truck would turn over but wouldn’t start. With one small exception, I didn’t get the fuel filter cover down tight, so diesel goes spraying out from around the edges of the cover while I’m turning the engine over. Note to self: Make sure the fuel filter cover is tight when removing or replacing the fuel filter. Anyway, I re-installed the filter, (with the cap tight this time), and waited for the tow truck. The tow truck arrived about 30 minutes later, and I got in the truck to try to straighten out the front wheels, just for fun I figured I’d hit the ignition switch and WAHLAH! The truck fired right up. How aggravating, now I’m not sure whether to let the tow truck driver take it to the Ford Dealer or drive it home. So I figured I’d drive it home. It ran great the whole way even after shutting down and starting up 2 more times. Does anyone have any inputs on what could have caused the problem? Any suggestions? Any help is much appreciated. - Tom
(P.S. The temp here in So. Cal. was about 75 degrees, the truck was running in it's normal temp range, fuel was 3/4 tank.)
Well I had somewhat of a weird thing happen yesterday. We drove into town, to pick up some furniture, (about a 30 minute drive), stopped for a bite to eat, then drove to a department store. As I pulled into a parking place at the store the truck stalled. I told my wife, “Something’s not right”; when I tried to restart the truck it would turn over but wouldn’t start. Wwwwwrrrrrrr, the starter was steadily spinning the motor over, but the truck wouldn’t start. Well my wife went inside to make good use of her time, (shopping), while I scratched my head and tried to think. I’m a new diesel owner, and certainly don’t all the in’s and out’s of the Power Stroke diesels, the only thing I could think of to check was a clogged fuel filter. I had already planned to replace it so I knew where it was located, so I removed the fuel filter and then replaced the cover. The same result, the truck would turn over but wouldn’t start. With one small exception, I didn’t get the fuel filter cover down tight, so diesel goes spraying out from around the edges of the cover while I’m turning the engine over. Note to self: Make sure the fuel filter cover is tight when removing or replacing the fuel filter. Anyway, I re-installed the filter, (with the cap tight this time), and waited for the tow truck. The tow truck arrived about 30 minutes later, and I got in the truck to try to straighten out the front wheels, just for fun I figured I’d hit the ignition switch and WAHLAH! The truck fired right up. How aggravating, now I’m not sure whether to let the tow truck driver take it to the Ford Dealer or drive it home. So I figured I’d drive it home. It ran great the whole way even after shutting down and starting up 2 more times. Does anyone have any inputs on what could have caused the problem? Any suggestions? Any help is much appreciated. - Tom
(P.S. The temp here in So. Cal. was about 75 degrees, the truck was running in it's normal temp range, fuel was 3/4 tank.)
