The ol lady emailed me with this problem about a half hour ago, I am on a ship on the other side of the world. Truck has 73,000 miles, ran yesturday, turns over fine, 40 degrees F out, block heater is plugged in, plenty of fuel, oil is fine. She said it just cranks and cranks, no smoke, nothing. Anything anyone can think of that she can check before I have her call the wrecker?
had an ambulance at work do the same thing. it's a 2004 also with the 6.0l. not sure what the outcome is yet. havent gotten the truck back from the shop. it is pretty embarrasing having to call a tow truck to the hospital to tow you back to the station though lol.
Come to find out she didnt have it plugged in after all, thought I'd be mad at her for not trying that first. A few hours later she went into town and the idiot light came on at startup, she took it to the family mechanic to have the code pulled, code 22 missfire/glow plug?? (i'm relaying this from emails she texted me from her phone) Mechanic said hes seen this before on these, and that the harnass connections on the glowplug control module collect moisture and the connections get fouled and that she just needs to unplug the connections and clean them up. Sounds like its worth a try.
It makes sense that it started hard (at 40 degrees) with no glow plugs then started fine once it was plugged in for a while. I just hope her father didnt drench it with ether in the process.
True, but it sure helps when you don't have working glow plugs. That's why I really think that's the problem. At least I hope it is, this would be a cheap fix, only cost a can of contact cleaner. Plus, plugging it in doesn't hurt anything but the electric bill.
ok, not to get off topic but my friends 04 did something similar the other day. thanksgiving day to be exact. ran fine the weekend before, ran earlier that day fine, driving to dinner it just shut off. wouldnt restart. towed it home, tried to restart and nothing. next day nothing. took it to the dealer this morning and it wouldnt start, had to take it to another dealer and dropped it off. he got a call later that the mechanic tried to start it and it fired right up and that nothing is wrong with it. he just changed the oil about 2-3 weeks ago and its still at the right level. no leaking or anything. what could it be?
Garrett
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