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6.0 hard start when cold fires rite up when plugged in

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Old 11-12-2013 | 11:50 AM
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Hello all. I have a customer f350 service truck 04 with 6.0. Long story short truck hard to cold takes about 5 to 10 min to start. Have snap on solus so I can see live data. When cranking everything checks out Ipc volts are correct Ipc psi is over 1000 when cranking ipr volts correct an ipr% 59 when cranking. Ficm also checks out at 48volts when cranking. So I that's where I'm at an need to know where to go from here. When cranking I can't see any smoke at all which makes think injectors aren't firing. But like I said if I plug it in it fires rite up runs a little rough then fine the rest of the day. Oh yeah truck has 203000 on the miles. Any help greatly appreciated thanks.
 
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Old 11-12-2013 | 07:14 PM
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Sounds Like a glow plug or vc harness issue to me, I had a loose valve cover harness on two banks and had an issue with starting at any temp, once it was warmed up no issue but cold starts was terrible. I ordered motorcraft valve cover gaskets and injector/ glow plug harness's just to be safe for both sides and no issue after that.
 
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Old 11-27-2013 | 12:05 AM
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maybe you should try the glow plugs
 
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Old 11-29-2013 | 09:23 AM
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I had the same problem, changed to synthetic oil. Starts now at 20 degrees without being plugged in. Just a suggestion.(03 6.0)
 
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Old 11-29-2013 | 07:04 PM
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5-40 Rotella synthetic for me! Works all winter, no plugging in. Even at one -2 degree day. . .. . Seems to work and cheap fix if it solves ur problem. .
 
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Old 12-06-2013 | 07:19 AM
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Thanks for everyones input we found problem it was a short in injector wire harness ordered new harness an she fired rite up
 
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Old 12-06-2013 | 01:07 PM
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Sweet. . . They are fun when they run!
 
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