Monday, February 18, 2013

Starting problems

This Chevy diesel came into the shop with a starting problem.  It would start fine cold but if you let it warm up, shut it off, and let it sit for an hour and a half and then start it again it would start for about ten seconds and then die.  We thought it was getting air into the fuel system somewhere so we put a clear fuel line on the return line out of the injector pump.  Sure enough when it would start and die a large stream of air bubbles would come out of the injector pump.  We thought it might be the fuel filter housing so i pulled it off and checked the o rings on it.  Sure enough one o ring was flattened and another was bad and someone had tried to repair it with silicon.  We got new o rings for it and put it back together and i worked great with no problems.  I also replaced the bearings, seals, and brakes on one side of the rear axle of Don's service truck.
25 hours this week
185 hours total

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