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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Angry a little help pls
My truck started running very rough so i changed the fuel filter and the same thing so a ford dealer ship said i needed to take the filter back out and fill the bowel up with fuel and then put the filter back in and now it wont even start what have i done wrong? pls help
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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maybe knocked the fule bowl heater loose. check fuse #22 in the under hood fuse box. it controls the heater and PCM
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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Is the WTS light still coming on ?...
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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# 22 is good and no to the wts light
 
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i did read in a similar thread not long ago, that the heater could come loose and ground out just enought o cause a no start but not blow the fuse. i think the problem ended up being a bad pcm
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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btw the WTS light does come on and then go off as it should
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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i misread. i thought you said it didnt come on. now, back to basics... does the tach move when you crank? any smoke? if so, what color?
 
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Waiting to hear the outcome

I hope it's an ez fix
 
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if you are sure your battries a fully charged, i would jump the 2big terminals on the glow plug relay for 30 sec, then try it. the white smoke is unburnt fuel
 
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Does it smooth out when its warm? Try plugging it in.
 
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where are you? is it cold?
 
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Does it smooth out when its warm? Try plugging it in.
its a no start issue now
 
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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I droveit about 60mileswith it running like **** and now afteri took the filter back out and filled it with fuel andput the filter back in it just wont start and it was around 70 today so not cold
 
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Sry I meant b4 it quit. May have a gp problem and need the block heater
 
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