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The way it runs it feels like something is intermittently sticking or something is getting in the way and thought if I push the gas thru faster it may improve the situation since the it has been sitting for so many years, I am an electrical engineer, not mechanical and this is the first car I...
I uploaded a video where you can hear how the engine is trying to stall in the beginning, after which I run the RPMs high then release it and let it idle, the gauges are in the normal range:
https://rumble.com/vp6qr0-hmmwv-6.5td-engine-sound.html
Thanks for confirming that the tach is getting its signal from the alternator. I believe there is something going on with the alternator clutch because sometimes the tach drops to zero while the engine is running well past the first 30 seconds and then it recovers.
Another way that I can tell...
Please no worries about being a "butthead", I totally understand what you mean. I have been trying to learn my way around the manuals and did find the fuel filter part, but so far without any info about where the sensor cable attached on top would connect and I will keep looking.
The fuel tank...
Hi,
I picked up in April a 2009 6.5TD M1165A1 with about 7,000 miles on it (I am very excited about it and feel it is a retired hero who needs to be taking good care of) from GovPlanet and I have been battling a starting issue for a while. It has a hard time starting and it eventually starts...
Hi, I have a 2009 M1165A1 USMC, which I thought it would be painted in Desert Tan 686A and ordered the attached Behr (Dynasty base, flat) paint code from Home Depot, but it appears very different, darker and with a different hue (inside the marked area in the picture). Is this difference...