Re: Starting truck in the morning

From: Mike Crumley (mcrumley@airmail.net)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 12:35:30 EST


On Sun, 4 Feb 2001 16:44:27 -0800, jay&dana@telus.net ("jay & dana")
wrote:

>On the DML so many times I've read about the horror stories of our trucks
>with problems and have considered myself very fortunate to have bought my
>truck new in 1997( 318, 5 speed, 4x4), and never any problems, UNTIL NOW.
>Whether cold, warm, or hot it always started at the first turn of the key
>until this morning. I had to crank it quite a few times (being cold) before
>it started. Almost drained the battery. This has NEVER happened before.
>Any ideas or opinions as to what would cause this, why now?

Since you have a 97, you can pull the codes using the key on-off
method (see the DML homepage for details and code meanings). Could be
lots of stuff, but I'd try running a bottle or two of injector cleaner
thru your tank first. Good luck.

97 V6 Auto
e-mail mcrumley@airmail.net

I'm gonna drive 90 all the way to work this
morning. That cop's radar can't possibly
work in fog this thick!



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