> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Stewart
>
> Yep, it started out with the truck being hard to start for a couple weeks,
> OCCASIONALLY. Have to pump the pedal like a carbed car but you could tgell
> it was flooding it almost too.
Pumping the pedal while trying to start will almost always result in
flooding. If you have to keep your foot on the pedal for a while to keep
it running, you may have low battery voltage. Easy to check with a
voltmeter before you try to start it. Should have at least 12.5v. If
not, try having the battery charged and see if the problem repeats.
Might be a bad Throttle Position Sensor (TPS). For any troubleshooting, a
scanner is your best friend.
May also be a vacuum leak. Check all hoses and connections.
> Then it started wanting to die out when
> backuping up, only backing up. And also one time pulling it into my
> friend's
> garage where it had to go up a lil elevation at the opening, kept wanting
> to
> die.
No idea right now why this may happen.
> He thinks
> the MSD coil is going bad. Sounds feasible since you can smell it dumping
> fuel while it's trying to start.... then it started doing the dying ONLY
> when in reverse.... I see no way that could be a coil.
Of all the coils that have died on me, none gave any warning. They either
worked fine.....or they didn't work at all. If you still have the stock
one, try it.
Ray
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