Rivet
Founding Member
I've had this problem for a long time. Granted, my 110 has been in storage or the garage for the past 5 years after installing the TGV. While I've been restoring it, I've tried to get to the bottom of this weird delayed-start issue.
Initially when I had the engine installed, it started in a millisecond. But after about 100 miles, It started a severe delayed starting thing. It actually left me stranded in NOVA and I had to get a tow. The engine has MAYBE 1k miles on it and was a new M&D motor.
Since then, I have replaced the pickup tube and gasket, fuel sender and gasket, changed fuel filter, clear (yellow) Tygon spillover lines since I thought maybe one was cracked.
It does not matter if I'm starting from cold or warm. Sometimes it fires right up when warm, but that is extremely rare. Today I had it running for about 10 minutes and ran it up and down the street to stretch its legs. I then let it idle for another minute, shut if off, and immediately tried to crank it. It didn't start until after another 10-20 seconds of intermittent cranking.
I've cracked the bleed screw on the filter housing and do not see any air bubbles. I've checked for fuel leaks from the tank all the way to the injectors and all looks dry. I've never had a puddle of diesel under the truck. I really do not want to install an in-line electric fuel pump. Are there any other tests I can do to troubleshoot this?
I would like to get this rebuild done and this is the only thing (for now) that is holding up progress.
Initially when I had the engine installed, it started in a millisecond. But after about 100 miles, It started a severe delayed starting thing. It actually left me stranded in NOVA and I had to get a tow. The engine has MAYBE 1k miles on it and was a new M&D motor.
Since then, I have replaced the pickup tube and gasket, fuel sender and gasket, changed fuel filter, clear (yellow) Tygon spillover lines since I thought maybe one was cracked.
It does not matter if I'm starting from cold or warm. Sometimes it fires right up when warm, but that is extremely rare. Today I had it running for about 10 minutes and ran it up and down the street to stretch its legs. I then let it idle for another minute, shut if off, and immediately tried to crank it. It didn't start until after another 10-20 seconds of intermittent cranking.
I've cracked the bleed screw on the filter housing and do not see any air bubbles. I've checked for fuel leaks from the tank all the way to the injectors and all looks dry. I've never had a puddle of diesel under the truck. I really do not want to install an in-line electric fuel pump. Are there any other tests I can do to troubleshoot this?
I would like to get this rebuild done and this is the only thing (for now) that is holding up progress.