Cody Pereira
Junior Member
- Joined
- Oct 23, 2018
- Posts
- 8
- Reaction score
- 1
- Location
- Southbury, CT, United States
- Ram Year
- 2014
- Engine
- 6.7L Cummins
Hi all,
I have a head scratcher here... After driving my truck last weekend, I noticed the "Water in Fuel" light come on - no other lights or performance related issues with the truck. Park the truck in the driveway, knowing I would drain out the front and rear filters the following weekend. Thursday night I start the truck to move it within the driveway, took a few cranks to start, fired up and idled but got "License Plate Light Out" on the EVIC. Put the truck in park still idling, walk around and confirm that the license plate light is out along with the passenger tail light. Walking back around the truck, the truck shuts off randomly. Still no lights on the dash. Trying to restart, it fires up then dies out. Will not restart. Fuel is about 1/4 tank.
Drained both filters front and rear, reprimed, and still nothing. Checked batteries, they were a little low - replaced with new (4 year old Interstates) and still no start.
Planning to change out both front and rear filters later today, is there any way that these two issues that came up at the same time are related?
Update - replaced both the fuel filter and water separator. Primed the system by cycling the ignition to run 6 times and waiting 10-15 seconds per cycle for the pump to pressurize the system. Still no start. Opened the front fuel filter drain, heard a brief “puff” of air but no fuel came out. Starting to think that the fuel lift pump went… made additional attempts to prime the system with the drain valve open still nothing.
I have a head scratcher here... After driving my truck last weekend, I noticed the "Water in Fuel" light come on - no other lights or performance related issues with the truck. Park the truck in the driveway, knowing I would drain out the front and rear filters the following weekend. Thursday night I start the truck to move it within the driveway, took a few cranks to start, fired up and idled but got "License Plate Light Out" on the EVIC. Put the truck in park still idling, walk around and confirm that the license plate light is out along with the passenger tail light. Walking back around the truck, the truck shuts off randomly. Still no lights on the dash. Trying to restart, it fires up then dies out. Will not restart. Fuel is about 1/4 tank.
Drained both filters front and rear, reprimed, and still nothing. Checked batteries, they were a little low - replaced with new (4 year old Interstates) and still no start.
Planning to change out both front and rear filters later today, is there any way that these two issues that came up at the same time are related?
Update - replaced both the fuel filter and water separator. Primed the system by cycling the ignition to run 6 times and waiting 10-15 seconds per cycle for the pump to pressurize the system. Still no start. Opened the front fuel filter drain, heard a brief “puff” of air but no fuel came out. Starting to think that the fuel lift pump went… made additional attempts to prime the system with the drain valve open still nothing.
