[Porkchopper]

Been having some troubles starting my '15 with 126k km on it. It's fully deleted and tuned. I could crank it forever and it will not start. Battery levels are fine. If I give it a shot of quick start it'll fire up just fine with a rough idle until I drive it a little bit. Fuel filter changed as soon as this started happening.

If I turn it off, it'll struggle to start again. After about an hour of being off it won't start. Priming the pump takes about 20-30 seconds before it kicks off and I hear what sounds like water trickling after maybe 5 seconds.

Where should I start looking? Pic for attention.

 

[Brokedownbutgood]

Fill your fuel tank and tap into the low pressure supply to the injection pump, the fuel pressure should be around 60 psi to the injection pump.

 

[Porkchopper]

Fill your fuel tank and tap into the low pressure supply to the injection pump, the fuel pressure should be around 60 psi to the injection pump.

That's a bit beyond my capabilities to test myself. Where do you think the problem lies?

 

[Brokedownbutgood]

That's a bit beyond my capabilities to test myself. Where do you think the problem lies?

Probably with the in tank lift pump

 

[Kazimodo]

in tank " lift pump " ,
post # 7 where member rsmarsh , and post #9 by Crasch , both of them
kept level above 1/4 to avoid the
hard to start behavior with tired lift pump:
post # 11 confirms the long start gone after lift pump replacement .
https://www.ram1500diesel.com/threads/ram-ecodiesel-lift-pump-replacement.63210/
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other possibility when long cranking , not always lift pump ,
post # 39 in here :https://www.ram1500diesel.com/threads/long-cranking-time.12185/page-2

 

[Porkchopper]

Thank you for those links Kazimodo. I have browsed every thread I could find relating to the EcoDiesel and issues starting. I have found there must be a check valve or something not working properly. Upon priming my truck this morning my range kept climbing, which I feel is just emptying the lines and sending fuel back to the tank. My father is a heavy duty mechanic and this was his theory too. For the hell of it I filled the truck up right to the top and this didn't change anything.

Do we know where I can find and inspect the check valves? I can't find any info related online.

 

[Haul N Grass]

Porkchopper... I wouldn’t make a habit of using quick start , The rings are an extremely harden material which are known to crack easily using quick start.. It’s not the engine of yesteryear..

 

[97hmcs]

Probably not good for the glow plugs either or is quick start something different?

 

[Porkchopper]

I'm only using it if I need the truck, and it doesn't get shut off until it's parked again, otherwise I am using my girlfriend's Mazda. The truck is sitting until I can take it to the shop.

The kind I have is diesel specific so I take a little bit of comfort knowing that.

 

[Acretech]

Did you ever find you issue im currently have a crank no start. Just serviced pump putting out 75 psi but I can hear a hiss coming from the cp4