Well I thought the truck was running good... It sat last night and most of today and I went to start her and she fired first crank but idle extremely erratic and had a nasty lope and unloaded a mass cloud of white smoke... New injectors went in a week and a half ago and all seemed well until the lift pump failed. I'm thinking the LP took the VP too. Fuel pressure went straight to 20 psi so that's not a issue. Ran the key trick and got P1693 and then -------- and then P Done. checked for codes and found nothing. 

1 hour ago, Marcus2000monster said:

First off the truck never starts hard! I have done a ton of research and looks like everyone with air leaks has hard start issues.

The air leaks that cause this are usually on the high pressure side or the fuel return line letting air into the system, while the engine is off, causing a loss of prime which in turn causes hard starts. These are usually visible fuel leaks while the engine is running.

 The air I believe you are looking for is being sucked in by the pump while the engine is running. It is easy to suck the air in but not so easy for the fuel leak out when the engine is off and the fuel is not under pressure. Really 2 different animals.

 

I am lucky, I still have the quick disconnects on mine. They have worked fine the 7 years I have had them. I am in a small minority though. They will go if I start having problems with them however.

Edited March 27, 20187 yr by dripley

Making progress!! What is this and why is nothing hooked up to it? 

It’s a vent

3 minutes ago, notlimah said:

It’s a vent

Ahh thanks. 

Might want make sure it is clean too. If it stops up it will cause fuel delivery problems also.

I accidentally posted some questions in the wrong thread. They are in the other thread I started today entitled titanium pressure adjustment 

Well looks like I’m going to be installing a aftermarket basket or sump. I ruined the whole dam thing by not draining the fuel all the way out. 

How so?  I never had to work on the oe basket only the in tank pump version.

3 minutes ago, dripley said:

How so?  I never had to work on the oe basket only the in tank pump version.

Draw straw to short and a gutted basket with a clipped pickup tube. Useless now. I’m going to get a modified basket from Vulcan. 

Well that sucks.

43 minutes ago, dripley said:

Well that sucks.

Tell me about it!

On a bright side you'll get the right thing and be done with it. 

2 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

On a bright side you'll get the right thing and be done with it. 

That is true! 357.80$ later. 

I've made my own draw straw for a 97 I had, just went to local custom hose place and got some jic fittings and a piece of aluminum 1/2" tube, fleared it to mate with jic/ bulkhead

6 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

I've made my own draw straw for a 97 I had, just went to local custom hose place and got some jic fittings and a piece of aluminum 1/2" tube, fleared it to mate with jic/ bulkhead

Right on. 

I’m crying now because that 357$ would have bought half of a brand new adrenaline!! Oh well S**t happens! 

Why I never put the straw in the basket. 12 years later still working just fine... No sunp needed and no straw in the fuel sender. 

 

 

Edited March 28, 20187 yr by Mopar1973Man

Dang that looks pretty sweet actually!

Just got to honking that there’s no reason I couldn’t do that same thing and not even have to wait for parts! The Draw Straw should still be long enough because if I mount it where you did it will be lower than on top of the basket!

Any reason I couldn’t do that? I was thinking I would place it right beside the stock basket.

I guess I kind of forgot to post back with results! Truck seems to be running great!! I even gained 1.2 mpg by the lie o meter! Thanks for all the help guys! 

20 hours ago, Marcus2000monster said:

I even gained 1.2 mpg by the lie o meter! 

 

Now do a bit of hand math and see if that is true...