3B wont stay running??

[Roberto]

help me out fellas. I tried starting my cruiser and it wont stay running? It will start but runs only for a second and I noticed the filter and glowplug lights do not come on now? I drive it last Friday with no problems, it sat all weekend long and now wont stay running, what gives? any suggestions why the these two lights stopped coming on? They used to come on and go off in a second or two.

Roberto

 

[brownbear]

Was there a lot of rain recently? Did it get wet? Might be a short due to water.

Also check around at the connectors and battery posts and grounds.

The EDIC might be shutting down due to low oil pressure, or an electrical short making the system think there is low oil px....I dunno

 

[Roberto]

I did rain all day friday? Also, I noticed a valve cover gasket leak that I have not noticed before, but I always watch my oil pressure gauge and still registers the same as always? There is a small plug in top of valve cover towards the back that I noticed is leaking a little oil now also?

 

[Fantom]

Check your wiring, especially as Brownbear mentioned - the oil sensor and the EDIC wiring. Once a diesel starts the only thing that will stop it is lack of fuel, unless it has those wonderful sensors that tell it to stop due to low oil pressure, etc. There might be air in your fuel as well, have you done any work to the fuel delivery system? How are your fuses? and fusible links?

 

[cody c]

which oil pressure sensor cuts out the edic, as mine doesnt have a working sensor anymore and it runs fine.

 

[brownbear]

Yah you don't need the sensor... It's just nice to have.

Roberto, can you get it inside a garage and put a heater in it for awhile..? Might dry things out a bit.

Pull some connectors off and clean them. Like the EDIC motor, edic relay, check the fuse panels, battery connections....

I think you got some water in somewhere..

On the RH side of your engine is two sensors. One is oil pressure, the low oil pressure switch for the edic. check those connections too.

 

[MadmanCruiser]

On the RH side of your engine is two sensors. One is oil pressure, the low oil pressure switch for the edic. check those connections too.

I once had a problem with these wires where one of the wires was loose on one of the sensors. I would be driving along the highway and the edic would shut the motor off as the wire jiggled over bumps. Tightened up the wire and all was well.

Cheers.

Adam

 

[Roberto]

what do these sensore or connectors look like, I havent even started to get familiar with this thing yet so I know nothing about it or how to go about it? any pics? this would make the lights not come on anymore?

 

[MadmanCruiser]

Dunno about the lights, but the connectors are near the bottom of the block, same side as the oil filter. Pretty easy to spot as they have wires running from them.

Cheers,

Adam