All,

Many thanks for the help and all the suggestions, I'm pretty sure I have a fuel leak/issue. Tonight after work I had about an hour of daylight to mess with it, and long story short, the the engine plastic skid plate and the transmission skid plate as well as the cross member behind the engine are damp with diesel fuel. I noticed both were damp/stained and when I wiped the residual off it smelled strongly of raw diesel fuel. Sooo, I have a nice little fuel leak somewhere.

I'm hoping it is the fuel filter or one of the rubber lines, as that is the only part of the fuel system I messed with (fuel filter change). I guess the best course of action is either pull the skid plates and see if I can trace the leak that way, or pull the fuel filter and check the rubber line.

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