Posted By: Rocker
Fuel filter problem - 08/29/13 08:18 AM
Hi, all! This is my first post under the 'new' forums. Great to be back (been away for quite a while). I have a 2000 Strada 4x4 Megacab with the 2800cc diesel engine. I've got two or three problems I'm hoping someone will be kind enough to help with.
1. A few months ago, my truck wouldn't start, and it turned out that a few pumps on the plunger-type mechanism on the top of the cannister-type fuel filter solved the problem...for the moment. A few days later, it happened again. I had the filter replaced, and then if the truck sat for more than overnight, it would start right up the next day, then stall after a moment, starving for fuel. Pump the plunger, crank for a few seconds, and it would start again. Occasionally it happened several times in a row, but once the truck had been running for a few moments, it ran fine, and on the street it was OK. I had the filter replaced again (with a genuine Mitsu filter this time,) and it seems OK, but then the other day it happened again. Could the problem be something other than the filter/plunger mechanism? Could there be air in the lines, or sediment/crap somewhere else?
2. The passenger-window 'down' button on the driver's door control switch assembly broke. I can put the window up from the passenger's door, but I must use a key as a lever on the switch in the driver's door unit to get the switch to put it down, and now that's not doing it either. Is there a way to 'jump out' the driver's side control, so that the passenger's switch operates it independently? The switch-block assembly under the driver's side armrest has a multi-wire plug on it, and I was thinking if I could just jump across a couple of them, it may be able to cut-out the driver's side control.
3. The horn is out. Can anyone tell me which fuse is the horn fuse? I see the fuse box under the hood, but the labeling is all worn off, and all the ones I've checked look OK.
There's a few more little things but I'll leave them for another post.
Thanks in advance.
1. A few months ago, my truck wouldn't start, and it turned out that a few pumps on the plunger-type mechanism on the top of the cannister-type fuel filter solved the problem...for the moment. A few days later, it happened again. I had the filter replaced, and then if the truck sat for more than overnight, it would start right up the next day, then stall after a moment, starving for fuel. Pump the plunger, crank for a few seconds, and it would start again. Occasionally it happened several times in a row, but once the truck had been running for a few moments, it ran fine, and on the street it was OK. I had the filter replaced again (with a genuine Mitsu filter this time,) and it seems OK, but then the other day it happened again. Could the problem be something other than the filter/plunger mechanism? Could there be air in the lines, or sediment/crap somewhere else?
2. The passenger-window 'down' button on the driver's door control switch assembly broke. I can put the window up from the passenger's door, but I must use a key as a lever on the switch in the driver's door unit to get the switch to put it down, and now that's not doing it either. Is there a way to 'jump out' the driver's side control, so that the passenger's switch operates it independently? The switch-block assembly under the driver's side armrest has a multi-wire plug on it, and I was thinking if I could just jump across a couple of them, it may be able to cut-out the driver's side control.
3. The horn is out. Can anyone tell me which fuse is the horn fuse? I see the fuse box under the hood, but the labeling is all worn off, and all the ones I've checked look OK.
There's a few more little things but I'll leave them for another post.
Thanks in advance.