Diesel repair articles

just bought 2000 7.3 powerstroke drove 60 miles and stahled out and then died.replaced cam sensor,ipr,and idm.not building any oil pressure for injectors.ipr magnet is not getting energised.one wire to the ipr is getting 12 volts and the other wire is getting stray voltage when it should be a ground to activate the magnet.i have heard the wiring harness can short out over the valve cover.anyone had this problem before,and clues to start where to look?

Hey guys I have a 2001 F-250 w/7.3, drove home from work one evening cut off my truck came out the next day start and the trk would not crank. eventually I replaced the grounding cable to the block it completely corroided, replaced the starter, and fully charged both batteries. The truck tried to crank but after 15sec. I cut the truck off it would not stop trying to crank even after I turned the ingition switch off it was still cranking.  I had to remove the neg. cables.  what would cause that to happen? I tried to put neg cables back on and as soon as I touched the battery it sparked up so whatever it is that caused it to continue to crank is stilled engaged.  What can be causing the truck to do that? 

Johan

Hey i am new to this so bear with me. I have a 2000 7.3 F-250 that will crank but no start. I put a code reader on it and showed no codes. I replaced the wiring harness and it didn't help. Any suggestions?

Hey I just recently did the e4od to zf5 swap and ever since then every time I start the truck I have a really choppy idle from about 400-800 rpms I can rev it up for a couple of secs and it goes away and won't do it again until I shut it off and restart it? All new glow plugs, GPR, valve cover gaskets and uvch oil change and newer fuel filter please help

i blew a high pressure oil line, i have changed it and couldnt get it to start. i changed the hpop and have been through numerous starters and one battery! i have over 1000 psi to the ipr and 500 psi and 17% on koeo at the icp, exactly what it is supposed to be. i have fuel to the seperator. it will not start. i have not done an injector sequence test yet. my rpm gauge does not register but it is turning over rapidly. IT will not even smoke there is no fuel to the cyliders. why would there be a problem with fuel if it blew an oil line???? there has to be a way to reset the system but nothing is working. HELP!!!!!!

I have a 2002 7.3 liter powerstroke that a friend ran out of diesel and ever since then(about a week) it ran poorly, rough idle, no power. I changed the fuel filter and now it starts and will run for a few seconds but dies after chugging black smoke out the pipe. I was told by someone on another forum that there are 2 fuel filters? One under the truck, I cannot find it but i can find something that warns of high pressure fuel. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 

 This 94 hasn't been run in two yrs. Had a buddy run the inj. system elec. test and it all checked out. The oil level is full, but not making preasure. Batterys full and being charged while testing. I even filled the inj. oil tank. got nay ideas?

I have a 2002 F350 7.3 that someone borrowed from mr and added Bio-Diesel, and now it will not run. I have cleand out the complete fuel system from the tank to the injectors replaced filters and now have clean fuel to the engine.

The engine cranks freely but no fire.

Anyone have an y ideas.

Thank you

Darryl

Well if you have had the pleasure of changing a 6.0 Diesel fuel filter, you know that on the F series it can be a bit messy.  A quick tip to make life easier is to remove the fuel drain plug.  This is useful in draining the housing as well a removing any water or debris from the primary fuel filter assembly along the frame.  There is a hex plug located in the middle of the assembly towards the bottom.  It will be partially blocked if you own a 4x4, but an allen wrench will remove the plug.  Don't loose the sealing washer.  Pull the plug, catch the fuel and any debris that comes with it.  Less mess and your shirt won't smell like diesel fuel the rest of the day.