Can you describe the problem in more detail?
About the only things that will cause a diesel to lose power is lack of fuel, something wrong with the injection $ystem, damage to valves or overheating. Most of the time, it is simply lack of fuel. That's not to say it can't be an internal engine problem but most of the time, it's a lack of fuel.
Did you bleed the fuel system after installing the new filter? No I did not I filled the bowl. The problem was before the filter that is one of the reasons I changed the filter
Are you the original owner or is there a chance someone else took it upon himself to install an inline pre-filter that you haven't noticed? I am not the original owner and I looked around and did not see anything unusual.
When it loses power, if you shut the engine off and restart, does the engine then run any better?. The engine runs the same from start up to shut down
Does it have full power when you first start it (from a cold condition)? No the same all the time
What does the exhaust look like? Black smoke, no smoke, other? Smooth or irregular? If black, check your air filter. First start it is a little black and then just about none
Is the fuel gravity fed or does it have a fuel pump to feed the injection pump? I believe it is a fuel pump
Any difference in the sound of the engine when it loses power? The lost power is from is from start up
I am not a diesel tech but I've owned my fair share of diesels, both tractors and trucks, over the years. Loss of power, in my case, has always been a fuel filter that needed replaced. If your engine was running OK and suddenly developed this problem, that would be where I would look first. Correct that is why I changed the filter but I ran it yesterday and it seemed to run better after the additive may have cleaned something out not real good but it definetly was better.
I put a diesel additive in and ran it for a while with no change, yesterday I went out to get a load of fire wood and it seemed to run a little better where I had some power maybe not full but more. So maybe the injectors are dirty and this additive will clean them out I HOPE! the additive is Power Service, Diesel Kleen injector cleaner and performance improved. I HOPE THIS WORKS
thanks for your help and I will add to this in a few days THANK YOU did not know how to change color to the text or it would have looked better
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