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My truck usually starts up great, but every so often it takes 3 to 4 long cranks before it will start. By long cranks I mean more than 4 or 5 seconds of turnover. Seems to be no real rhyme or reason to this. It does it engine cold or hot. I have iPhone engine monitor app and numbers seem fine. Just wondering if any of you guys have had this happen and if so what fixed it. BTW it's a 2005. Any advice will be appreciated
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DashBoss? The app can be just a touch laggy. Next time you have to crank more than once, watch ICP (500 to start) IPR (not going to 80+%). Also cam/crank sync (Y), FICM sync (Y), FICM main (45+v), FICM (10+v), FICM logic (12v), injector pulse width (more than zero mS), and RPM (160+). You may only see any issue for a split second (if at all) if you're coming off "start" after only 4-5 seconds. It's safe to crank 15sec or more if it's having issues.
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DashBoss? The app can be just a touch laggy. Next time you have to crank more than once, watch ICP (500 to start) IPR (not going to 80+%). Also cam/crank sync (Y), FICM sync (Y), FICM main (45+v), FICM (10+v), FICM logic (12v), injector pulse width (more than zero mS), and RPM (160+). You may only see any issue for a split second (if at all) if you're coming off "start" after only 4-5 seconds. It's safe to crank 15sec or more if it's having issues.
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FICM logic 12.00
FICM 12.00.
Batt 12.12
IPR 14.69%
ICP 1.71 psi
Cranking... ICP 800+ then back to 650+ at idle. IPR 26.29 FICM 48.50-49. FICM logic 12.50-13. FICM 12.50-13. Batt 13.25-13.50. Any time I'm home the nose is down hill because of how drive way is made. However no problems today. Started right up every time I turned the key.
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30 seconds??? That's crazy. No codes. So maybe I'm worried about nothing. But to me that's inconsistent for it to start up almost immediately 90% of the time and then every now and then. Take forever to start.
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Not sure I would sweat it. Ours will sometimes fire with authority a split second after hitting the key, other times will crank a few seconds and kind of lope up "I suppose this mean I need to run now" lazy start. I never really worry much about it, just chalk it up to one of those 6.0 things.
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