5.0 problem clueless
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5.0 problem clueless
93 f150 5.0 sometimes tough starting cold sometimes starts on 1st try runs fine around town and on highway normal everything if i put it under load pulling boat hauling or plowing (with plow not blocking radiator ) it has no power and overheats has 3.55 gears changed plugs with motorcraft wires rotor cap replaced fuel filter replaced air filter with k&n replaced o2 sensor gutted cats completely removed resonator has flowmaster muffler doesnt appear to use antifreeze radiator full no check engine light .doesnt have a miss idles fine had tranny rebuilt 15,000 miles ago lost reverse truck has had this problem since i have owned also has newer water pump .
any ideas i am clueless mechanics i talked to recommended problem either clogged fuel filter or clogged cat neither of which was the problem plugs looked decent when changed not fouled and not charred white .
any ideas i am clueless mechanics i talked to recommended problem either clogged fuel filter or clogged cat neither of which was the problem plugs looked decent when changed not fouled and not charred white .
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wheres is your o2 sensor located on ur exhaust, befor or after your cat? how many miles are on the truck too?are your injectors clean, might just have a clogged injector. get your injectors/fuelrails/lines all flushed, could be that... or have you tried the throttle position sensor? mine when out on my truck and it was doin the same.
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02 sensor is located just after y pipe and before cats exc. this is the only o2 sensor truck has 128,000 miles on it have not gotten into sensors new technology i guess did some research on how to pull codes may try that tomorrow
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yeah pull some codes up through a diagnostics... if the o2 sensor was after the cat that woulda been your problem... could be the EGR sensor, or purge canister... sounds something electronic
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Overheating and loss of power. Have you flushed the cooling system lately? You say "newer water pump", but how's the radiator or thermostat? You may not leak any coolant, but a radiator can go bad by being plugged.
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i would try some seafoam and pull the codes. Seafoam is a carb/crankcase/whatever cleaner. Id use like half can to quarter tank gas runout or down put rest in to whatever gas u put in and see if inproves.
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Originally Posted by ninetythreef150
pulled fuel pressure 30 lbs at idle and 29-28 as you floor it
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Should be higher than that too....40-45ish.
If you havn't changed the fuel filter in a long time, that's probably what it is.
Don't drive it like that until you fix it because you're probably running it lean.
If you havn't changed the fuel filter in a long time, that's probably what it is.
Don't drive it like that until you fix it because you're probably running it lean.
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found problem was fuel pressure related 1 st changed filter pressure came up 30 at idle and when revved up went up to 40 ran good for a little while then a half a tank later same problem started running like a dog checked fuel pressure sometimes it went up from idle sometimes it dropped .Problem ended up being fuel pressure regulator only thing i can figure is when i removed the filter it took all the pressure off the fuel line and regulators spring/ diaphram which caused it to work right for a little while then crap out again .replaced regualtor and now runs like a raped ape .thought i would post this since it seemed to be a goofy problem masked by changing the fuel filter .
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