My truck has 420,000km on it, and it won't start. I'm hoping with warm enough weather, and if it is plugged in long enough, it will. It has always been a hard starter, but not this bad.
I pulled the connectors at the valve covers and put an ohm meter on the glow plug pins. 4 of them were around 1.5 ohms and the other four were nil, 3 on the passenger bank, and one on the driver's side.
When I have tried to start the truck, some of the cylinders will fire, but if I let go of the key, the engine immediately dies. Admittedly, I haven't checked the GPR recently, but the battery voltage drops when the key is turned on, so I'm assuming the glow plugs are drawing power.
I'm not willing to tackle changing the glow plugs myself in my driveway in -20*C weather (which is actually kind of mild for the winter we're having) so I'm going to get it to a shop.
So what I'm wondering is, if they're going to be under the valve covers anyway, is there anything I should have them check with regards to the injectors? I've only owned the truck since around the 400,000km mark and have no idea what work was done before then. I was able to buzz test the injectors and they all sound great. I have a Scangauge and if I get the truck running I can check IPR and ICP numbers and report those back.
I have no specific reason to believe there is something wrong with the injectors, and the truck has proven to be pretty well maintained mechanically. My only thought is that if they're going to be taken off the covers, maybe there are other things to look at, at the same time.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks.
I pulled the connectors at the valve covers and put an ohm meter on the glow plug pins. 4 of them were around 1.5 ohms and the other four were nil, 3 on the passenger bank, and one on the driver's side.
When I have tried to start the truck, some of the cylinders will fire, but if I let go of the key, the engine immediately dies. Admittedly, I haven't checked the GPR recently, but the battery voltage drops when the key is turned on, so I'm assuming the glow plugs are drawing power.
I'm not willing to tackle changing the glow plugs myself in my driveway in -20*C weather (which is actually kind of mild for the winter we're having) so I'm going to get it to a shop.
So what I'm wondering is, if they're going to be under the valve covers anyway, is there anything I should have them check with regards to the injectors? I've only owned the truck since around the 400,000km mark and have no idea what work was done before then. I was able to buzz test the injectors and they all sound great. I have a Scangauge and if I get the truck running I can check IPR and ICP numbers and report those back.
I have no specific reason to believe there is something wrong with the injectors, and the truck has proven to be pretty well maintained mechanically. My only thought is that if they're going to be taken off the covers, maybe there are other things to look at, at the same time.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks.