Hey guys,
Been lurking and reading since I bought my '04 a few weeks ago (lly, 135k miles).
I am having some issues on cold mornings with starting. Batteries are new as of about a week ago. When it gets cold at night truck won't start. Cranks and cranks but no go. This morning the ambient temp was about 22 but the windchill was about 5.
I have two thoughts here: glow plugs/controller or fuel filter. I am not sure though because it runs great the rest of the day after that first start in the cold. I have been doing some reading about how to test the glow plugs and controller but can someone give me an abridged version on how to test the controller? To test the glow plugs I have just read to test with meter and look for resistance. They are all around 4-6ohms. Glow plug relay is good.
Thoughts? This morning it did start after I primed the filter a few times. It did not start right up but did hesitantly start after that.
Seems a bit too warm to have to plug in...
Thanks!
Been lurking and reading since I bought my '04 a few weeks ago (lly, 135k miles).
I am having some issues on cold mornings with starting. Batteries are new as of about a week ago. When it gets cold at night truck won't start. Cranks and cranks but no go. This morning the ambient temp was about 22 but the windchill was about 5.
I have two thoughts here: glow plugs/controller or fuel filter. I am not sure though because it runs great the rest of the day after that first start in the cold. I have been doing some reading about how to test the glow plugs and controller but can someone give me an abridged version on how to test the controller? To test the glow plugs I have just read to test with meter and look for resistance. They are all around 4-6ohms. Glow plug relay is good.
Thoughts? This morning it did start after I primed the filter a few times. It did not start right up but did hesitantly start after that.
Seems a bit too warm to have to plug in...
Thanks!