IDIBRONCO
IDIBRONCO
Here's the short of it. Last weekend, on my way back from Colorado, my truck kept running out of fuel to the engine. I know all of the things to check and plan to go through the entire supply side from the tank to the factory filter. I will be installing my Holley blue and a different, better quality, non POS fuel pressure gauge. On the way out, Friday evening, it ran fine for most of the way to where I stopped for the night. I didn't start having any symptoms until I was already in Colorado. I first noticed that I was losing power at higher RPM. Then I started losing power going up hills. I finally managed to limp into Byers, CO and slept in the truck for the few hours I was able to (a completely different story). The next day, I went into Parker, CO and barely made it back to Bennett, CO before stopping at a parts store. I thought that maybe the factory fuel filter was getting plugged. I had noticed that if I shut off the engine for a while, it ran better for a while afterward. I replaced the factory fuel filter, re-engineered part of the supply side by bypassing a damaged part of the steel line that ends up feeding the lift pump. I ran out of fuel once, but go the engine started and limped the 2 or 3 miles into town to the parts store. After replacing the filter, bypassing the damaged part of the steel line (picture to come later), and then bleeding the air out of the IP, it ran great again. It started acting up again, but I managed to limp home, but the four hour drive from the night before took about 6.5 hours. The truck ran fine on short, 20-30 miles drives around here before I left for Colorado and it ran fine on a 15 mile drive yesterday.
My question is this. Is it possible that the IP can be worn in a way that it can't supply enough fuel when it's hot, after running for several hours? It's a Moose Jr. I have no idea how many miles are on it since I have no working odometer in the truck. I'm thinking that there's about 60,000 miles on it, but that's just a guess. I have no hot start issues at all. It starts with maybe 1 second of the starter cranking when the engine is at operating temperature. It was dark for most of the drive to Colorado and definitely quite a bit cooler. I'm just wondering if there's a chance that I need to look at replacing the IP. Since this is going to be a pretty involved ordeal, I'm going to wait until my vacation next month to do all of this. I happen to have a steel fuel line that's still attached to a Super Duty cab that I'll use to replace the damaged one that's on my truck now.
My question is this. Is it possible that the IP can be worn in a way that it can't supply enough fuel when it's hot, after running for several hours? It's a Moose Jr. I have no idea how many miles are on it since I have no working odometer in the truck. I'm thinking that there's about 60,000 miles on it, but that's just a guess. I have no hot start issues at all. It starts with maybe 1 second of the starter cranking when the engine is at operating temperature. It was dark for most of the drive to Colorado and definitely quite a bit cooler. I'm just wondering if there's a chance that I need to look at replacing the IP. Since this is going to be a pretty involved ordeal, I'm going to wait until my vacation next month to do all of this. I happen to have a steel fuel line that's still attached to a Super Duty cab that I'll use to replace the damaged one that's on my truck now.
