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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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1996 F150 Starting Problems

My 1996 F150 XL 4x4 5 speed manual, inline 6 is being a pain when starting. It runs good for a few days then one night out of the week it wont start for a few hours. Not on any occasion like a long drive or hard work for a day just randomly. It turns over and sounds like its going to start but doesnt. I have put a new fuel pump in it because the other one was reading low PSI. Im new to this sight and any help would be great! Thanks!
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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Do you by chance have dual tanks?

The tank selector valve is notorious for failing and limiting or blocking fuel from going forward.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 05:05 PM
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He does not have a fuel selector valve.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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Have you changed the fuel filter? What happened when you put the fuel pump in?
 
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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NibblesDaCat- I dont have two fuel tanks.
brcwelding- Havent changed the fuel filter yet, and when i put in a new fuel pump it ran real good seemed like for about two weeks then it started running rough after it was warm (that used to be the old problem) then took it to a computer showed it was running low PSI, it was just a bad pump. Then put a new one in and it hasnt ran rough when its hot no more, but then this new problem came up..??
 
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