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5th Wheeling
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HELP!!!
i have a 1993 f150 with 5.0 and auto tranny. im having extremely irritating engine problems. it randomly dies and then doesnt start right back up. first round was distributor cap, rotor, plug wires, and plugs still not fixed. second round was the coil still nothing. then we replaced the distributor, and control module???for the distributor still didnt do the trick. so we are stumped.
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Does your truck have a tach? The reason I ask is, it will drop like a rock if your problem is ignition. If the problem is with fuel delivery, it will coast down as the engine speed comes down. If it dies on the highway, the engine is dragged along by the momentum of the truck. Making it easy to spot. In traffic, sometimes it's hard to catch. It may not tell you exactly what's wrong, but you won't be chasing electrical, when the real problem may be fuel delivery. Good luck.
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5th Wheeling
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yes it has a tach. about 4 weeks ago i was on my way home and the truck just randomly died. no warning or anything. it died like if you shut the ignition off. and if it didnt die like that it would just barely run...more or less a lope. and when i tried to start it i let the fuel pumps prime and then turned it over with nothing or sputtering and barely running.
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5th Wheeling
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sounds like a good idea. are they hard to install???
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Sounds to me like you might have a fuel pump that's getting hot and not providing enough fuel pressure to keep the engine running.
Does this truck have 2 fuel tanks? If so, have you tried switching tanks when you have this problem?
Does this truck have 2 fuel tanks? If so, have you tried switching tanks when you have this problem?
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What does this mean? Did you pull the codes and got no response from the computer? Or you pulled the codes and everything was 111? Did you do the KOER test or just the CM/KOEO test?
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5th Wheeling
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i need to find a better way to read the codes because i tried counting the flashes and that didnt work
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Your communication skills need work.
Get a code reader then. I use an Equus Innova 3145. For $30 you can't beat it.
Stop throwing parts at the truck until you find out what's wrong with it. You're just wasting time and money.
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5th Wheeling
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You were unable to read the codes, and so your answer to the original question was you pulled them and nothing came up?
Your communication skills need work.
Get a code reader then. I use an Equus Innova 3145. For $30 you can't beat it.
Stop throwing parts at the truck until you find out what's wrong with it. You're just wasting time and money.
Your communication skills need work.
Get a code reader then. I use an Equus Innova 3145. For $30 you can't beat it.
Stop throwing parts at the truck until you find out what's wrong with it. You're just wasting time and money.
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