Need some advice on what to check. These are the symtoms. My truck is
getting harder and harder to start after it has been sitting for 4-5+ hours.
It used to start instantly. Then it went to two cranks. This morning it
took about 8 trys before it started. When it finally started, it stumbled
and coughed a couple seconds before smoothing out. Then it ran perfectly
for a 45 minute drive.
I can hear the fuel pump whine when I turn the key to the correct
position. I've done the trick of letting it pump up 2 or 3 times before
actually cranking but it still takes 2 or 3 cranks before it fires up.
The gas guage has been going crazy for about 60,000 miles now. I assumed
I would have fuel pump problems by now, but I can still hear it pump up. It
has never stalled....only hard starting problems, and I've never run it out
of gas.
And this is the best/worst part of the whole thing....when I go to start
it tomorrow morning, it might fire up instantly. There's not much of a
pattern.
Any ideas on what to check? Anything at all would be great. I'm going to
go through some things over the holiday weekend and try to fix the problem.
Right now I plan to replace the spark plugs, remove and clean the t-body and
sensors, and check the Gen-II wire splice problem. I'll replace the fuel
pump if all else fails.
Any advice is welcome.
Thanks!
--Aaron--
95 DSRC 4x4 V6 Auto.
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