Update.....
I was able to get her to start, clean fuel in both filters and the Winn clear bowl.... and clean fuel coming from a 5gal can.
Took 4 or 5 x 15 second cranks and and pause for 15 and she started , Ran about 3 minutes and I turned her off manually as it didn’t look to be pulling more fuel from my can. 9 I had primed up the hose leading in to the can, but prob not good enough to get a vacuum. Anyways a couple min later I restarted her with only 1 x 15 second crank..... only a lil gray smoke on the very first start. She then ran for about 4 or 5 minutes before I could tell she was starving for fuel as she had pulled almost all the fuel from the filters.
So my question now is .... am I correct it should create a vacuume and pull in fuel? Or is there another pump or regulator that would or could be not functioning in my test scenario.
I feel good she ran seemingly normal once started.
——update end.
Long story short, some of you may see my posts on FB group also, but we are broke down likely due to overheating and now appears coolant is in the fuel, per evidence of dark green not diesel green, draining from the fuel separator bowl.
This is a 3126 in a Magnum B chassis.
We also have something going on with air springs possibly from being towed , but likely happen before due to pulling off road a. Very unlevel area...something has caused the driver side to list and those springs not to fill with air....even when tow truck was connected pushing well over 100 psi.
We are north of Phoenix. Considering either working on some of it myself with parts from Prescott CAT dealer. I have a pretty good feeling that injector cups is all it will take and that’s all just below the valve cover. Dave offered a way to preserve the fuel so not to have to drain fuel. Drop new filters and prime and see if she kicks over. Thoughts on this, anyone else considered this job? I also don’t know how to address the air springs issue really at all at the moment.
However I am seriously considering taking Dave A suggestion to tow to Phoenix CAT on 43rd for full repairs. I did speak to him Monday.
2 things
1, who else has used CAT Phoenix, or others had problems or successes with their service in general or with being full time in your rig. Getting hotels or places to stay is challenging for us, so looking to spend minimal time outside the rig.
2, what’s typical for folks here , working the CAT vs a direct mechanic. This guy locally seems to have mostly decent reviews. There is always a horror story in someone’s closet. Dave and others have expressed several issues with mechanics in my area, but none good or bad about Premier Diesel or Jeff specifically. CAT doesn’t really outwardly express themselves the answer to why use their service over your local diesel shop...so looking to more concrete reasons to take the hit of towing to Phoenix and paying the big Dr. bills. ;-)... the obvious to me is service warranty across all CAT outlets, but I don’t have experience with that so hoping someone here has and can give it value.
Also open to any other advice anyone has.
Thanks to everyone in advance.
Ron