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  1. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    My truck was off the road for about a year but now it's bobbed and I'm driving it a lot more. My fuel mix is pretty regular now: 25% waste cooking oil, 50% waste motor oil, and 25% gasoline, with it sitting to remove water and then filtering as previously described. The truck runs awesome once...
  2. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    I got that part down!
  3. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    I'll have to check my hoses in the tank. To ask again, can I bypass my FDC, given the fuels I run, with no adverse effects?
  4. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    That is a well documented saga. I was stuck reading it through to the end after I got the pressure info I needed to look for.
  5. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    I have a mechanical fuel pressure gauge from the top of the secondaries, the reading escapes me but I know the needle always stays in the same range. I'm going to take it for a spin Friday and I'll write down the readings. Filters are a year old and due to be changed with upcoming spring...
  6. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    It was suggested to me that the FDC sticking or doing something to supply fuel at the incorrect rate could be causing the long crank issue.
  7. joshs1ofakindxj

    Random Long Cranking to Start

    Sometimes my LDT-465 equipped A2 can sit weeks and I hit the button and it lights right off with no throttle. Sometimes it can sit a day and it will have to crank for 15 seconds and need some throttle. It is not temperature dependent. Should I be looking at an FDC bypass? If I should be doing...
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