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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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7.3 will not crank

Well I jumped in my Ex this afternoon, turned the key, it acted like it wanted to crank and even turned over once. When it did crank it started making a romping sound. What might this be?
 
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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some truck's like to romp..some have found synthetic oil to stop it...my truck has never romped but our T444E IH role back does romp..i find when it romps to hit the the go peddle quck and it stops romping and she idles fine..
 
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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i just tried it again, it did not fire up quick but it did start and now it runs fine. it must ahve been cold
 
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whats the temp?? your truck may be cold blooded and need to be pluged in..5/40 oil will also help her out and may also stop the romps...
 
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Its about 40 degrees here
 
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Sometimes it does that on a colder day when the oil is thick. Mine does it from time to time now when I'm on the stock tune doesn't do it on tunes for some odd reason.
 
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Sometimes it does that on a colder day when the oil is thick. Mine does it from time to time now when I'm on the stock tune doesn't do it on tunes for some odd reason.
Well I guess I will have to show my wife and tell her I need to get a tune so it will not keep doing it
 
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