Diesel Fuel System Related Problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Table 1 shows one common diesel fuel system related problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.

Table 1. Diesel Fuel System related problems of Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Problem Category Number of Problems
Diesel Fuel System problems
5

Diesel Fuel System problem #1

2004 chevy 2500 hd truck with 6. 6 duramax diesel lose fuel suction. Must manually pump up fuel system to get truck started.

Diesel Fuel System problem #2

Fuel injectors go bad causing engine to stall and lurch forward while idling. The truck has been to the dealer and had this problem repaired 3 times and is doing it again.

Diesel Fuel System problem #3

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 hd. While driving he saw smoke coming from the tail pipe, and then he smelled a burning odor. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The technician concluded that the thermostats are not allowing the vehicle to achieve operating temperature and injectors 5, 6, 1 are defective. The repair will be performed at the owners expense. The failure mileage was 102000. The current mileage was 103000.

Diesel Fuel System problem #4

Fuel gauge at fill up went past full and completely clock wise. . . Gauge reading is all over the place everytime I start engine. Vehicle has 59,000 miles. I have to read my "range" reading, (uncertain of accuracy)to approximate fuel in diesel tank.

Diesel Fuel System problem #5

The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4 diesel. While driving various speeds, the vehicle would misfire. The next misfire would recur 45 minutes later, and the third misfire would normally recur an hour afterwards. The failure was intermittent. The contact could not drive over 25 mph and the vehicle constantly jerked. In January of 2008, she took her vehicle to the dealer and they replaced two fuel injectors. On April 2, 2008, the dealer replaced 8 fuel injectors. After the most recent failure, the contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic. They could not locate any failures. The failure mileage was 65,000 and current mileage was 97,000.


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