This is a new one for me! I've had my CTD for about 4 years now and I've never gotten bad fuel before. . .
Anybody out there know what kind of symptoms you'd get with bad fuel?
Weds night, on my way home from work, I stopped off at the local Wal-Mart for diesel (they seem to have the best turnover in my small town of Nicholasville, KY). I've gone there dozens of times with no problems.
Anyway, long story short, about 1 mile after getting fuel, I pulled into my driveway and shut the truck down. After sitting for approx 2 hours, I went out to leave. Truck was hard to start (it normally starts on the first crank). . .Probably had to crank it 5 seconds or so before it fired. Then it idles rougher than normal. . .more of a rrrrRRRRrrrrRRRRrrrrRRRRRrrrrrRRRR instead of the nice even rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it normally has
When I try to rev it at idle (in park) when it's cold, it's cutting out and making lots of white smoke. Put it in gear and the rougher idle is still there, but when i pour the coal onto it, no problems. The truck seems to run fine when it's in gear and driving. After the engine is warmed up, if I stop it and put it in park and rev, no more missing and white smoke.
I checked the overflow valve (spring isn't broken) and changed the filter last night, but no change!
Could it be bad fuel? What normally happens when you get bad fuel?
94' CTD, 2500 4X4, 230,000 miles
Bad Fuel???
Linear Mode
