I have a 2003 HO with the 6 speed.Lately it seems to crank longer than normal before it starts.Any ideas what can cause this?

 

My thoughts start with fuel lift pump, filter and or injectors. How many miles on these items?

 

Every time my truck starts with the long cranking the end result after 3 trips to the dealer is always 1 or 2 bad injectors. Always runs completely normal other than the long crank time......

 

107,000 miles stock lift pump.

 

Mine, on my 2003 was changed at 26k before I had trouble, stocker still sitting on shelf in protective wrapper.

 

Just some food for thought here, but about a year ago my wife says "honey the truck is starting funny, it seems to be mis-starting". And it did seem to start a little funny, but I thought it was fine and she was just a bit ! However over the next year it kept getting worse and even some times it would not start on the first turn. I started to worry! One morning I woke up and she was dead (the truck not the wife), my batteries had just pooped out over night. I went and bought two brand new very pricey batteries installed them and noticed a huge difference when I fired her back up. The truck cracked right off and has continued to do so since. It even shifts more firm. I truly believe that one of my batteries had gone bad and was effecting the whole truck and how it operated. Voltages do play havoc on things that need good voltage to run and operate correctly. So who is the dummy now?

 

Thank you nascarcamper,evan528 and notblowingsmoke.I changed the batteries,still cranks longer than normal before she starts.I'm going to call a place in jersey that only works on diesels. Thanks again for the replys.

 

ETurner get back to us when you find the problem.My 06 with 52000 miles used to start immediately, but now turns over an extra couple of seconds b4 it fires up.

 

Will do.