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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    And one last thing that may be helpful to others. Once I dug into the old solenoid and looked at the wiring they had red to red black to black and white to green. On the updated solenoid the red wire is the hold open wire. They were drawing all the power to open the solenoid through the wrong...
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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    Once I had an understanding of how the relay works I realized I was looking for power on the pink wire to the solenoid with the key on. Now I understand that only gives power to the solenoid when cranking and it won’t hold the relay open in the on position, just when cranking. Pretty sure I...
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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    Thank you for that. This machine has a reman engine in it that was installed in 2018. We found the issue in the wiring, well at least sort of we found it. The socket for the fuel shutdown relay has 12v constant on one side, other side is the output to the solenoid. The wires that should...
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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    Sorry about that. CAT00248P6LZ01368. Thank you!
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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    If there is anyone that can get me an actual schematic by my serial number I’d be forever grateful
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    03 cat 248 fuel solenoid issues

    I found my way over here after a few posts popped up similar to my issue but I’m at a loss. I just bought an 03 cat 248 high flow machine. The seller didn’t tell me the fuel solenoid was missing and you had to pop a plug out and use your finger to move the rod to shut it down. Thankfully he...
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