Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Truck stayed running!

[Nate]

So I went to lunch, got back to work and headed back to the shop. We work about a mile from the parking lot so I can't see/hear the truck at tha

So I got head down to the gate to pickup the night shifters just a little bit ago, and one of the guys says 'Hey is your truck supposed to be running?"



So I go over to the truck, and sure enough it's still running... been running for about 2 hours. I have the SP Diesel turbo timer.



So I push the brake pedal (should shut the truck off), and that doesn't work. Turn the key on, back off push the pedal... nothing. After a few key turns and brake pedal it shuts off.



Curious if this has happened to anyone?



The only thing I did out of the ordinary is I had left my window open, so I turned the ignition back on to bring the window up,



I'm a bit worried something will short out and burn my truck to the ground!

 

[zstroken]

I am guessing you have a remote start or a cooldown timer on the truck?

 

[TGibbs]

I have a remote starter but it will only run for 10 min no matter what.



Tristan

 

[zstroken]

Oh it could run longer if need be. Was the truck off when you left? I had a truck with a remote start and it used a relay to open the ignition wire. Well I had a bad ground on that relay and it wouldn't open the ignition wire.

 

[Nate]

Read the first post.



Yeah the truck was running when I left it since I have the SP Diesel Turbo Timer.

 

[sgoeing]

it sounds like the controller in your timer cooked.



It happened with a remote starter I had a while back. It was starting and immediately turning off for like 2hrs in the parking lot. I unplugged it and never hooked it back up.



I'd say getting a new timer is probably in order.

 

[Nate]

It's working fine now, so I don't know if I confused it by turning the key back on to close the windows??

 

[Joe Mc]

Hey Nate - hope you and yours are well. I'd give the T-Timer outfit a call maybey they can shed some light, I'll bet like you suspect you confused it when you had to key back on to bring the window up. But, 2 hours I'd be concerned too.

On wifey's XC-70 one time I confused the sunroof (of all things ?) I got in and because there was a shady looking character coming up the street I locked with the key fob with the door closed, before inserting in the ignition and the SR & map lights didn't work? I later found that this confuses things and after three start stop cycles all goes back to normal. Possibly why all is well now w/T-timer. See what the T-timer outfit thinks. Later on.

 

[sgoeing]

that can happen too. It might have gotten stuck in a loop, like when windows locks up, because of the odd input.

 

[Nate]

I emailed SP Diesel last night, no response yet.



They have a phone #, but I've called numerous times before when I ordered the turbo timer and yesterday/today and I've yet to get to talk to someone.

 

[Nate]

Still no response from SP Diesel. It bugs me that they say to email because the phone is always busy, but they then don't answer emails in a timely fashion.