Fuel bowl and mech fuel eliminated. Swamps aftermarket electric fuel delivery. 6 position chip. Rosewood stage II's with about 40K on them.

My 96 has been giving me some strange issues lately. It seemed like it was running out of fuel. I thought the filter was dirty so I changed it. I didnt have any problems for awhile.I kept having an issue when drawing from the rear tank it seemed. Same issue like it was fuel starved. Switch tanks and seemed fine. Today running on the front tank it just died. Same fuel or something starved.

Now it wont start. The hpop has oil in the reservoir. When I opened the drain valve on the spin on filter with the key on it was shooting fuel out. No smoke when cranking. Does that loud knock as well. Tries to catch but wont run. If it does run it runs like it is starving for fuel.

I need to go pick it up, but havent done any serious diagnostics yet. I have no idea what the fuel pressure is other than there is some and the hpop reservoir is full.

Any ideas?

 

I think the tank issue may have been a figment of my imagination.
Maybe it was just sorting itself out when I switched tanks. I unplugged the ICP , the truck started and I drove it home.

 

Do you have a spare cam position sensor to try?

 

Do you have a fuel pressure gauge in the cab? If so, what is the fuel pressure doing when the issue occurs? Also, check the oil. Make sure you aren't low on oil. If all is good with the fuel pressure and oil, then try a new CPS from Ford or IH. Don't buy on from the parts stores.

 

If it started with the ICP disconnected, that pretty-much fingers the sensor. Is there oil in the connector?

 

I swapped the ICP with another I had at the shop. Truck started and ran like a dream. Then it acted up died and wouldnt restart even with the ICP unplugged. I have a spare IPR I am cleaning up to swap in.