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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:04 AM
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1997 F250 problems

I am having problems with my 1997 F250 heavy duty truck. Rats chewed up my injector wiring to injectors # 3 & 4. I have repaired the places chewed and reinstalled the wiring.
But, now when I start it only injector # 6 is firing. Injectors # 1 & 5 do not exhibit any firing. These are the only injectors that I can get to with the upper manifold installed. The engine appears to be running on only 4 cylinders.
I did drive the truck several miles with the bad wiring. Could this have fried the computer?
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 07:54 PM
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If you do indeed have the 97 Super Duty and not the 97 Heavy Duty, then your post is in the wrong section. I suspect it will be moved before too much longer.
 
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 07:26 AM
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F-250 problems

I am not sure where it should be posted or I would move it myself.
I have now changed the type of truck. What is the difference anyway?
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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I guess Jerry is right, smaller trucks (F250) like yours did change from the OBD-I in 1997.
 
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