jstouth

Got a tank of fuel that shut me down 50 miles in. Truck was stumbling when I got to work. Sat over night and ran for about 20 minutes in the morning. Pulled the fuel filter out and it was covered in ice. I have an auxilliary 10 micron water / fuel filter installed before the pump which was frozen too. Had to use a heat lamp to thaw out my lift pump and the lines. Even the lines to the injector pump were iced. Ice cubes in my fuel tank too.
Had to get a new lift pump, old one was junk after that??? The injector pump seems ok. Not doing anything weird.
Other than new filters and fuel, fuel line anti freeze, and a product called Diesel Kleen to help out the pump and injectors is there anything else I should consider to give my engine the best chance at surviving this?? Seems to be running ok right now. 375000 miles on original equipment, hate to wreck it now!!

dodgeguy71

You might throw some Stanadyne lubricity additive in there but seems the IP's on these trucks are sensitive creatures, but then again it's hit or miss. Some fail at the drop of a hat, others are bullet proof.

jstouth

Yeah i will do that for sure. Thanks for the reply. I took it for a drive to warm it up and it seems to run ok.
Have read that these ips will destroy themselves if they have to suck the fuel on their own with a defective lift pump. I wonder how long they can run like this before damage is done?