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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Truck dying
I would be going down the road and all of sudden my truck dies. I try 3 or 4 times to crank it and then it will start right up. Has done it to me bout 4 times over the past 2 days. Has anyone had this problem before?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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That sounds like your CPS(cam position sensor).
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:32 PM
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I changed that out like a month ago.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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Also I have 2 brand new batteries but my battery light will flicker every so often. I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But it has been doing that for weeks but my truck just started dying yesterday.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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Where did you get the CPS from? Some of them have been know to fail right out of the box. Your battery light may be flickering because the connector on the top of the alt is loose. That is what happened to mine.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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I got the CPS from the ford dealership. I got it bout a month ago and only been driving the truck for the last week.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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Is your truck chipped or do you have a CB in your truck??
 
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Everything is all stock. No cb.
 
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Like you turn the key off or does it stumble down?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 03:13 PM
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It dies completely. I put it in park and try to crank
It up and usually starts after the third are fourth time.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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Oh and I forgot. When it is ideling it has just shut off before. But it starts right back up. It has done that like 3 times in the past month.
 
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Check the tin nut on the IPR, just thinking out loud
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 04:08 PM
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What is that and where is it located?
 
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It is the injector pressure regulator and it is on the back side of the fuel bowl
 
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Old Feb 20, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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I will check and see
 
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