cbxer55
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- Midwest City, Oklahoma
- Vehicle Year
- 1998
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3.0
- Transmission
- Automatic
I have a 98 2wd Ranger automatic with 3.0 V6. It has aftermarket air intake, exhaust and JET chip on computer.
Help! For awhile now, about a year, my truck has this annoying problem. Most days it will start right up and run beautifully. For instance I was out driving this morning and it ran fine, started every time I shut it off. However after I got home and sat ahwile, it would not start when I wanted to run around. Sometimes when this happens I can crank the thing until the battery is almost dead, and eventually it will start and run real rough, like only half the cylinders afe firing. Then gradually they will kick in one-by-one as it warms up. Then it will be fine for awhile, and eventually start all over again.
It ran fine all summer long without this problem. Now it is cold out, and has been raining. Wondering if that has something to do with it, as it seems worse when cold and wet. I've checked all the connectors and they are dry.
Right now I have the battery charging, as I ran it out and it would not start. Fuel pump activates and clicks when key is turned on. Have spark at plug wires.
What the heck causes this intermittent, incosistent problem? Anyone else experience this?
Help! For awhile now, about a year, my truck has this annoying problem. Most days it will start right up and run beautifully. For instance I was out driving this morning and it ran fine, started every time I shut it off. However after I got home and sat ahwile, it would not start when I wanted to run around. Sometimes when this happens I can crank the thing until the battery is almost dead, and eventually it will start and run real rough, like only half the cylinders afe firing. Then gradually they will kick in one-by-one as it warms up. Then it will be fine for awhile, and eventually start all over again.
It ran fine all summer long without this problem. Now it is cold out, and has been raining. Wondering if that has something to do with it, as it seems worse when cold and wet. I've checked all the connectors and they are dry.
Right now I have the battery charging, as I ran it out and it would not start. Fuel pump activates and clicks when key is turned on. Have spark at plug wires.
What the heck causes this intermittent, incosistent problem? Anyone else experience this?
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