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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 11:27 PM
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this morning I started my 2004 f250 drove a mile and filled up my truck. Then drove another mile and my truck acted like it was running out of fuel. It was loosing power then stalled out and wouldn't start. About five hours later I tried to start it again and nothing. about five hours after that I tried it again and it started up and drove fine.
My thought was fuel filter or the water trap. I haven't had a chance to open the filters up and check them yet. Today while I was at work I got on here to see if I could figure out what was wrong with it. all I could think of was maybe the HPOP went out or the ICP sensor. Could one of these be the problem or was I right with my original thinking and it's just a fuel filter? First thing in the morning I'm going to pull the filters and replace them.
Could there be something else wrong with my truck that I don't know about? Like I said I filled up the fuel tank then it lost power within a mile and stalled out and wouldn't start back up. Then about 10 hours later it fires up and acts like nothing happened.
I am broke as hell so I need to figure this out myself and fix it myself. YAY ME! I'd appreciate any help you guys could give me on any ideas of what I should look at.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2016 | 11:44 PM
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Watch this video. I have been dealing with this for a bit now with trying to diagnose my own system. I replaced all the O-rings I could access. HPOP, injector O-rings, stand pipes, and dummy plugs (previous leak.) Come to find out I have some bad injectors, I'm planning on diagnosing which ones tomorrow.

1) perform a bubble test on the fuel system, what you are explaining is almost the same thing I have been dealing with.

2) it doesn't sound like you have a way to read diagnostic numbers, but if you can get access to it you need to

3) when was the last time you changed filters?

 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 12:23 AM
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thing is when mine started back up it drove fine. I took it around the block which is about a two mile run and it acted fine and sounded fine.

And no. I have no way to reed the codes. I'd have to take it to a shop for that.

I think I changed the filters about six to eight months ago. can't remember. I'd have to look at my log in my truck.

Also I should add I did have a shop replace the FICM a year ago. That time it was middle of summer and when I'd start my truck it would run like it was cold for about twenty minutes. like middle of winter cold. No power at all. but that was in the summer.

I'm going to take a better look at it tomorrow.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2016 | 12:41 AM
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Mine would start and run fine for about ten minutes and I could drive it. Then it would completely lose all power and sound like it was going to die. Once it cooled down and sat over night it would do the same thing over again. One thing I've noticed about these trucks is they have consistent problem, but not consistent indicators of said problems. I was chasing a HPO leak that didn't exist because of the way the truck was acting. Something to keep in mind. The bubble test literally takes all of five minutes, it's the easiest thing I've done on this truck. I'm in your boat right now also, I can't afford to pay someone else to do this for me. This page has saved me thousands of dollars when it comes to fixing this thing.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 07:22 PM
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So the moral of this story is change your fuel filter regularly. Lol. Yeah that was it, that was my problem. I got the truck home changed my filters and it fired up and I've been driving it the past week with no more problems. It wasn't long since I last changed my fuel filter so originally I didn't think that was the problem. But just before my truck stalled I had just filled up my tanks. So the only thing I can think of is I either got bad fuel or I stirred up some crap that was in my tank. So lucky for me I didn't have anything major go wrong.

Well hope everyone on here gets their trucks up and running and I'll check you out later.
Thanks for the help.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gramesj
So the moral of this story is change your fuel filter regularly. Lol. Yeah that was it, that was my problem. I got the truck home changed my filters and it fired up and I've been driving it the past week with no more problems. It wasn't long since I last changed my fuel filter so originally I didn't think that was the problem. But just before my truck stalled I had just filled up my tanks. So the only thing I can think of is I either got bad fuel or I stirred up some crap that was in my tank. So lucky for me I didn't have anything major go wrong.

Well hope everyone on here gets their trucks up and running and I'll check you out later.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for posting back what you found -- we don't often get that. It was suspicious about the just getting fuel prior to this happening...
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by gramesj
So the moral of this story is change your fuel filter regularly. Lol. Yeah that was it, that was my problem. I got the truck home changed my filters and it fired up and I've been driving it the past week with no more problems. It wasn't long since I last changed my fuel filter so originally I didn't think that was the problem. But just before my truck stalled I had just filled up my tanks. So the only thing I can think of is I either got bad fuel or I stirred up some crap that was in my tank. So lucky for me I didn't have anything major go wrong.

Well hope everyone on here gets their trucks up and running and I'll check you out later.
Thanks for the help.
How dirty was the primary filter?

If it was really bad you may want to plan on an early change
for this go round.



Sean <BR>

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