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Originally Posted by yetibone
Pump the primer button on the fuel filter until it's hard to push, then see if it starts. Dmax engines would suck air into the fuel filter past the primer button, or past the electrical connector for the fuel heater.
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Turns out this was excellent advice , I just went out and pushed the primer button about 20 times and it got hard . Turned the key and a few revolutions and she fired right up . I was able to move the truck into the garage and it ran/idled fine . I did not hear the whistling noise .
I let it idle in the garage with a few blips of the throttle and it acted normal. I called a local auto parts store and they have in stock the fuel filter head rebuild kit so I am picking that up this morning . I don't see any signs of leakage but it's probably sucking air . For all I know if it's never been rebuilt it is 19 years old and 175,000 miles that's a lot of heat cycles under the hood .
So I will rebuild the filter head , install a new fuel filter and see how it goes . Thanks everyone for the replies it was helpful.