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Hey all, heres what I got, other than a dead Bronco
Background: just took her on a 500 mile round trip to see some friends, and on my way from Wilmington to Raleigh, I stopped and picked up some B50 biodiesel. On the highway at about 65 I would intermittently lose power and have to shift down to 4th (plenty of power). It was about 19 that night so I figured my B50 was clouding. Got home to Raleigh and parked her and went to start the next weekend nothing but white smoke. Doesn't even try to catch. So I figured my filter was gooped up, changed it out nothing, but at 46 degrees outside clear cloud free biodiesel ran out. Oddly enough after changing my filter and trying to reprime the system, the plunger on the lift pump never felt like it built pressure, just went to the bottom of the throw with no resistance. Checked again this Thursday, still nothing but white smoke. Im not near the truck all the time so I'm trying to get some thoughts/experiences from people so Ill have some good ideas when I can work on it.....
Possible Problems I can think of::
1.) not getting 12v to the ve pump fuel solenoid (mine is the 12 to open style). or dead solinoid.
2.) Dead lift pump, biodiesel will eventually eat the nitrile rubber diaphragm in the older style lift pumps, my motor is a '92 (maybe why the pump feels like it has no resistance?) Would a dead lift pump cause a no start?
3.) Biodiesel, maybe but it ran clear in 46 degree weather, and I clanged the filter, I would think it would at least try to catch even with some bad fuel?
Thats really all Ive got any other ideas past experiences with no starts would be awesome! Post em up!
Background: just took her on a 500 mile round trip to see some friends, and on my way from Wilmington to Raleigh, I stopped and picked up some B50 biodiesel. On the highway at about 65 I would intermittently lose power and have to shift down to 4th (plenty of power). It was about 19 that night so I figured my B50 was clouding. Got home to Raleigh and parked her and went to start the next weekend nothing but white smoke. Doesn't even try to catch. So I figured my filter was gooped up, changed it out nothing, but at 46 degrees outside clear cloud free biodiesel ran out. Oddly enough after changing my filter and trying to reprime the system, the plunger on the lift pump never felt like it built pressure, just went to the bottom of the throw with no resistance. Checked again this Thursday, still nothing but white smoke. Im not near the truck all the time so I'm trying to get some thoughts/experiences from people so Ill have some good ideas when I can work on it.....
Possible Problems I can think of::
1.) not getting 12v to the ve pump fuel solenoid (mine is the 12 to open style). or dead solinoid.
2.) Dead lift pump, biodiesel will eventually eat the nitrile rubber diaphragm in the older style lift pumps, my motor is a '92 (maybe why the pump feels like it has no resistance?) Would a dead lift pump cause a no start?
3.) Biodiesel, maybe but it ran clear in 46 degree weather, and I clanged the filter, I would think it would at least try to catch even with some bad fuel?
Thats really all Ive got any other ideas past experiences with no starts would be awesome! Post em up!