help! 2006 larait stalling when starting
05-12-2010, 09:22 PM
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help! 2006 larait stalling when starting
so i go to start my truck and every so often when i turn the key the motor starts cranking, and then it goes to fire and it jus dies. and then i go to hit it again and its all outta sink and it tries to fire immediatly, and then usually the third time it starts. what the hell is it. people said it could be fuel filter but i dont see that being it. it only happen maybe 1 a week or even less than that. but it did it twice today so that really pissed me offf
05-13-2010, 04:05 PM
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Disclaimer! I'm no modern mechanic--I stopped working on anything more complicated than oil n' filter changes, brakes, and tire rotation when new cars started getting smarter than I was. Hell, I ain't used my old inductve timing light and dwell tach in 15 years. That bein' said....
I had a 2000 F-250 5.4L with a similar problem that you describe: stalling on cold start and poor running on restart, almost like it developed a monstrous vacuum leak that would more or less go away as the engine warmed. I took it to the dealer and they replaced the "air valve" (don't quote me on that; it was 6-7 years ago) which is part of the emission control system and is located at the back of the intake manifold.
Hope this might help.
I had a 2000 F-250 5.4L with a similar problem that you describe: stalling on cold start and poor running on restart, almost like it developed a monstrous vacuum leak that would more or less go away as the engine warmed. I took it to the dealer and they replaced the "air valve" (don't quote me on that; it was 6-7 years ago) which is part of the emission control system and is located at the back of the intake manifold.
Hope this might help.