2006 International Durastar Fuel system reset?

Good day,

I have a 2006 International Durastar with a DT466 engine. Recently we have had problems with it going up hills or going faster than 55 on the highway. I recently re-assumed my position at this company as operations maintenance manager, and I believe the truck has been neglected by my previous counterpart. That being said, I replaced the fuel filter/fuel water separator(cartridge style) and in doing so drained the fuel out of the housing because I was afraid there may have been water in it. I should have started it right after completing the job, but it sat over the weekend empty. Yesterday I cranked it for probably about 30 seconds before the batteries lost their charge. I was expecting it to turn over before then.

I seem to remember a safety feature that prevents a diesel truck from starting if there is no fuel in the line. Is there some sort of reset sequence or a fuel line priming procedure to make this truck start after draining the fuel from the fuel water separator housing? Any help is most appreciated.

Thanks for reading!

 

Thanks for the reply

How do you do that?

I did get it to start (but batteries were bad, I didn't know it at the time, I just replaced them today), sounded okay for about 30 seconds, then it sounded weird for about 10 seconds and the engine quit.

Now it just cranks and sounds like it might be trying to start but no.

I'm getting SID1,2,3,4,and 6, FMI5 codes, Injector cyl (X) current below normal or open circuit

and

SID254 FMI8 Abnormal frequency pulse width or period

and

PID168 FMI4 Battery low voltage or short to lower voltage

I'm at my wit's end. I guess I need to google...


Thanks

 

Thanks! There was actually a primer pump built into the fuel water separator housing, so that was nice. But now that I have it running I drove it 15 miles on the highway and the original problem that made me start doing maintenance on this rig is persisting...it only likes to go 35mph going uphill on the highway.

Good news is I am only getting one error code now:

SID27 FMI6 Variable Geometry Turbocharger Actuator #1 current above normal or grounded circuit

But to me it feels like the fuel pump is not able to get up to pressure. The hum that happens when you turn the key to the on position never stops, but the thing that's humming is up on the driver side firewall, engine side. I went to the local auto parts store to get a fuel pressure gauge but it did not come with the fitting I need to connect to the fuel rail so I'm going to have to source one elsewhere.

Anyone have any idea what that turbocharger error code means?

Thanks again!

 

Well, the truck is gutless, so I'm going to blow out the pressure restrictor/regulator and make sure there is 60-70 psi at the rail first. I have a sneaking suspicion it's a fuel issue.

Do you know where the actuator is located on this truck?


Thanks again!

 

I pulled out my fuel pressure regulator and about 3-5 Tbsp of what looked like motor oil slowly trickled out. I would expect fuel, not oil. I smelled it, it did not smell like oil or fuel, in fact, I could not detect an odor at all. Does that seem normal?