Good Day!
I started this forum some time ago, & it got lost when the Page ISP goofed its backups. Since I might actually get to work on the truck this weekend, I thought I'd re-start the forum, in case anyone has something else I should look at. Unfortunately, lots of good posts got lost, but that's life. Here's what I started with last time, with a few additions to the list of to-do's I made as they came in:
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Well, I guess now I'm just one of the guys - I've got a SES light, with DTC 35 (per factory/Helms manual, "Injector Pulse Width Error (Response Time Short)"). This is on my '95 pickup. The truck starts & runs perfectly, cold or hot, although I haven't done a WOT when the SES is on; fuel economy seems unaffected. The SES comes on right after starting, then on & off while I drive.
I did a search in the 6.5L Turbo Diesel forum, searching by "DTC 35." I read all posts. It looks like I should (in approx. this order, due to a combination of ease of doing & likelihood of fixing the problem):
1. Clean connections at FSD
2. Re-torque FSD
3. Verify lift pump function
4. Replace fuel filter
5. Clean all ground connections
</font>6. Clean large harness on firewall, behind the injection pump
- LH side by the headlight</font>
- RH side by the headlight</font>
- Under Dash (hidden by the ALDL by you left knee while seated)</font>
- The main engine to chassis ground (I believe from the drivers side head to the cab)</font>
- Both battery grounds</font>
7. Clean connections at injection solenoid
8. Clean under Inj. Sol. cap? (ucdavis suggestion)
9. Degauss inj. Solenoid
10. Replace FSD
11. Replace injection pump
What else should I do?
One of the posts also said bad fuel could cause this, but not how this could be so. Any ideas?
My FSD is mounted to a home-made FSD cooler. My cooler is a 3/16" aluminum plate bolted to the intake (like the commercially-available units). I milled this to clear the FSD: the FSD attaches directly to a 3 1/8" x 4 3/4" heat sink, & the heat sink attaches to the plate; I used heat sink compound & NO thermal gasket. The FSD is on the bottom, the heat sink fins face up. There are 8 fins, 1" high x 4 3/4" (length of heat sink). (I am nominally an Electronics Tech., so hopefully I got this right.) I had moved my original FSD from the pump to this cooler some time ago. The FSD failed & was replaced 11 Oct 02. I intend to purchase an extension harness & move the FSD to a better location as soon as I can.
My story: We went camping, 4-6 July. I pulled our 20' camper ≈ 200 miles each way in 85 - 90