2005 f250 diesel died

[61cadman]

Hey guys, I have a 2005 F250 diesel with 95K on it. Today on my way to work the truck died when I accelerated to get on the freeway. It would not start after that. Like it was out of gas. It still showed a quarter of a tank?? Any ideas. Has this happen to anyone else? I also have not seen the low fuel light come on in awhile.
Thanks for any ideas.



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[61cadman]

Oh yeah, I added 5 gallons of fuel and everything is fine???


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[jacksun]

sounds like you ran it out of diesel

[61cadman]

Yeah, no *^#>. But it still showed 1/4 a tank..



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[jacksun]

im trying to think of how to trouble shoot that but short of taking it to a shop i dont know

[jackinggear]

Guess that means the gauge is wrong. Maybe the sender is bad.

[frakchered]

Originally Posted by 61cadman

Yeah, no *^#>. But it still showed 1/4 a tank..



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Actually sounds like your sending unit foot is off the end of the sending unit. It is is you will read around a quarter of a tank and run out. The foot is about 33 inches or so and sits on the bottom of the tank. I did the harpoon mod on my tank and noticed mine was on the bottom as well.

[61cadman]

Thanks Frakchered. How would I fix it? Is it as simple as dropping the tank opening up and reattach?
Thanks


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[frakchered]

Originally Posted by 61cadman

Thanks Frakchered. How would I fix it? Is it as simple as dropping the tank opening up and reattach?
Thanks


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If it is still in one piece yeah, just as simple as you stated. But the type of material the foot is is like a rubber/plastic, and it sits in fuel for its entire life and mine was brittle and broke. Stealership is where I was able to find mine, and I did find one on a website. I can't remember the price. If your dropping the tank, do the harpoon mod and just replace the foot. And be careful and use a long board and to not use a jack on the tank by itself!

[southend]

Good call, here it is......


The foot in my 96 7.3 broke in pieces also. It looks exactly, the same.

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