ok this car is going to push me over the edge both mentally and finacially. Started out fixing leaky delivery valve seals, to fix high 0-60 time and hard shifts. Well now shes got plenty of power and no leaks, but wont idle at all. Ran fine before other than low power. It basically shudders and knocks untill it dies(20secs.) Heres what weve done:

• Replaced orings
• replaced fuel filter
• Replaced orings again
• Had injectors rebuilt(got suckered outta $500)
• replaced return lines
• Replaced orings again
• Bypassed tank
• bypassed entire fuel filter assembly and ran directly into pump with nothing between it and the electric fuel pump we had pumping out of our diesel can

I talked to whunter awhile ago and he said something about the alda being bad. How do I go about testing it? Is there a way to do it without removing the intake for the 2nd time? i dont wanna strip everything down again to find that the alda is fine. If I can confirm that the alda is bad, I have no problem striping it down to get to it. Any guidance would be appreciated, as we are really close to throwing in the towel on this car, and taking one big loss.
Thanks,
zach

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