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From: Philly, PA USA
first go through all fuses with meter, then at pump relay under the hood, then at inline pump....lastly top of tank pump. Good to have a buddy, because since truck is not running the pump cycles on for only a few seconds then cuts out. If you can't gain access to a pump's wires...have somebody listen either funnel in tank stick ear in...or lie underneath
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if you dry vacuum line end up with a qtip, reinstall and crank engine a few times.... unplug and it's wet again then I would change regulator again
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I will do that and all of the other suggestions. Thank you for all the help. I will let you know what I come up with and I am sure I will have other questions if you would not mind answering them.
Thanks again and good luck with the snow.
Thanks again and good luck with the snow.
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I checked the fuses and all were good. I listened for the fuel pumps and they are both working. I then put a vacuum pump on the regulator and it held the vacuum with no bleed down. I pulled two plugs, one from each side, and they were saturated with gas. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Pull the sparkplugs and dry them out(make sure you mark the wires). Put them back in and try it. If you have the money, buy new sparkplugs. Sometimes they will not recover when they have been saturated like that. They certainly will not fire at all being wet like that.
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The plugs were not dripping wet but they were wet and had a strong gas smell. I did not know that plugs would not fire if they were wet. I thought they would fire and dry themselves. I will get new plugs and put them in. What would cause them to get too wet in the first place and what will prevent the new ones from doing the same thing? Thank you for the suggestions.