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Old 07-18-2008, 06:08 AM
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Ok, my truck had been sitting for about five months prior to me getting it. It ran rough when I started it (was being started once a week while stored). The truck seems to run roughest between 1500-2000 RPM. I replaced Plugs, wires, cap, rotor, coil, o2 sensor, fuel filter and set timming. It had about 1/4 tank of fuel which I figured could be the problem so I filled it up with fresh fuel and saw no change. It's better than before I did the work but it's still not right. Oh yea, fuel pressure is at about 36psi. Any Ideas of what to do next?
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Try, either running and inector cleaner in tank or having injectors power flushed.
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Compression test.
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I was thinking injectors, could have gotten gummed up by the bad fuel. Haven't done a compression test yet, but no smoke/blow by. Pulls over 50"s of vacume.

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Your truck might get better by itself when it will run out of old gas (i think you've only added some, not replaced). I agree with NGM about the compression test - just in case.
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I'll run it alot this weekend and try to get a good fresh tank in it. If that fails I'll do the compression test. Thanks guys



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