7.3 Will Not Start
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7.3 Will Not Start
I have a 22 7.3 gasser. Starting this fall, when the temperature is somewhere around 25 degrees or less, the truck will not start.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
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I have a 22 7.3 gasser. Starting this fall, when the temperature is somewhere around 25 degrees or less, the truck will not start.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
If it cranks and doesn't start, then either there is no spark, or no fuel being injected as it should be.
I would find a different dealer to take it to.
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Not necessarily, I have had multiple fords with gas engines that if the battery was weak it took all the juice to crank and didn’t spin fast enough to start and or didn’t have any left over for spark. It would come on slow enough that after the battery was replaced you wondered why you waited so long.
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Not necessarily, I have had multiple fords with gas engines that if the battery was weak it took all the juice to crank and didn’t spin fast enough to start and or didn’t have any left over for spark. It would come on slow enough that after the battery was replaced you wondered why you waited so long.
And, it has that, he said it cranks until it times out, plenty of battery power.
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what about spraying a little starter fluid into the air cleaner to get it started?
Agree this is not the answer and a better dealer is. I would leave it overnight so they can duplicate the problem.
Agree this is not the answer and a better dealer is. I would leave it overnight so they can duplicate the problem.
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I have a 22 7.3 gasser. Starting this fall, when the temperature is somewhere around 25 degrees or less, the truck will not start.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
I have taken it to the dealer twice, first time "could not duplicate", second time they replaced the battery. That was maybe 2 weeks ago.
Now its -15 where I am at in Iowa and the damn thing won't start. Battery seems good. Truck just cranks until it times out. When it's a little warmer, it will eventually start with rough idle and RPMs going up and down for a couple of minutes.
Has anyone else seen this issue? I have been searching here but haven't found anything useful.
Thanks for your help.
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I personally think it's a fuel issue. Currently waiting for a tow. Might be a while with all the cars off the roads the last few days.
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Once I can get it moved that is what is going to happen.
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