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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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starting problem

in the morning the truck will start fine and runs good, but when i turn it off, sometimes it wont start. it will crank and just wont run. i had to spray starting fluid to get it to start. it has done this to me twice and both times i was out of town and i'm afraid that it wont start someday. what should i check for when this happens again since it doesnt do it often.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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Without a scanner to read ICP when warm ,,only a guess ,,,an internal High pressure oil leak ,,IPR oring or maybe an injector o ring

How old is the engine oil ...& is it full?....
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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oil is full and the engine has 193000 miles on it. i bought it a year ago with 178000 miles.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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DON'T USE STARTING FLUID. It can bent rods and other nasty things.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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i know that starting fluid will cause bad things but i was running out of options to check. so since i was out of town and didnt know what else to do i used it to start and get home.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2009 | 10:47 AM
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DON'T USE STARTING FLUID. It can bent rods and other nasty things.
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