- FICM measured >48V on M during cranking AND key-ON. Healthy. Removed
as a suspect.
- Truck starts cleanly on starting fluid (ether) every time, then idles
and runs normally until shut off -- then needs ether again, even when
warm. This is a textbook signature for high-pressure oil (ICP) bleed
during cranking that the HPOP can outrun at running RPM.
- Updated working hypothesis to focus on STC fitting / oil rail O-rings /
HPOP / IPR. Compression, FICM, CMP/CKP, fuel supply all confirmed good
by virtue of the engine running cleanly once started.
- Reordered open items to put visual inspection of valve covers + STC
fitting first.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
justin
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