Wont start stuck at work SOS!!

[kamps989]

So I was leaving work today and my truck started right up however after a second or 2 it died on me. I have had this happen before and thought nothing of it because it usually starts right back up. This time however it just proceeded to turn over without starting. I am thinking I am experiencing a fuel supply issue. My first thought was possibly frozen gas, however its mid 30's right now (though it was much colder when I got to work at 4:30 am and it sat for 10 hours) so this cause seems unlikely. I can hear the fuel pump prime when I turn the key so I assume all is well there. I need a place to start diagnosing this and fast as my truck is stuck at work and I need it very badly.

THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE!!!!

 

[EricNobody]

Filter clogged? That's the first place to start, then, maybe try jumping the relay with a jumper on the eeciv plug. Some times giving the tank a good thud with your fist or foot works.



Pull the filter, see if you can shake and dump some debris when you pull it, maybe it would help some. Got home with my old Jetta by shake and dumpin the ff





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[EricNobody]

Also, if temp may be an issue, see if you can roll it in a Bldg. let it warm by ambient air.





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[alwaysFlOoReD]

I'm not familiar with the 3.0l.
With that said, there should be a schrader valve [that looks like a tire valve] on the fuel rail. Depress the center and gas should spurt out....don't get it in your eye. It's a quick way to see if you're getting fuel tho it doesn't tell you if there is enough pressure.
Pull a spark plug and insert a screwdriver or key and lay it somewhere 1/4" away from ground. Crank engine and you should see a blue spark.

Richard

 

[93Ranger4x4]

Did you try pressing the gas to the floor and try starting it?

My splash would do this if you accidently killed it, would just crank and crank unless I floored the gas then it would fire up. Never did figure out why.

 

[EricNobody]

Also check your inertia switch, unlikely but easy





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[adsm08]

Also check your inertia switch, unlikely but easy

Since you can hear the pump run you can ignore that. Inertia switch cuts electrical power to the pump. If you can hear the pump it is getting power.


It can still run and not produce pressure though.

 

[kamps989]

Did you try pressing the gas to the floor and try starting it?

That did it! literally had to be floored before it would start.
A sincere thanks for all the help guys!
Any ideas on what could cause this to occur?

 

[Mark_88]

It essentially depends directly on how badly you need the vehicle to start and is meant to shake up your confidence in the vehicle so you will buy another one...

Actually, it could have been any number of things but my Tempo was the same way once...turned out I needed a new MAP sensor within a few days of that happening...but your truck doesn't have a MAP sensor so something similar...like MAF...is probably on the way out...although the MAF and MAP are not actually related other than the first two letters being the same.

Could be nothing at all...just one of those flukes of Ford...

 

[93Ranger4x4]

That did it! literally had to be floored before it would start.
A sincere thanks for all the help guys!
Any ideas on what could cause this to occur?

Glad it got you going. Ever since I've had my 93 splash (since 03) if you killed it , it would not start unless the gas pedal was floored. No idea why it did it but like mark says, could just be one of those ford flukes.

 

[Andy D]

Does flooring the pedal re-set something like the throttle positioner ? Or open the automatic choke ?


I'm laughing because one of my BMWs is acting up and of course it's Marina's. I think it is just a loose fuse, a common trouble for the fuel pump circuit. also the cheapest, easiest part to replace. So I gave Fuse 1 some TLC and then put some squeeze on the works with a ty-rap. APC fuses old school German car fuses. Bugs used them, so I had mucho experience with them. Next comes the relay.

 

[txgocartB3000]

I think that flooring the pedal on a no start situation is the way the engine is telling the computer that there is a flood condition.

Computer ceases giving any gas until it sees the rpms increase as in a running condition.

Or something like that.

Ray

 

[feellnfroggy]

in older cars you had to pump the pedal to feed the fuel (with possible flooding), mid 80s and newer when automatic choke came out, then yes, pumping the pedal one time is how you activated the choke, or pressing and holding in some models. newer cars 95 and newer pumping doesnt really do anything

 

[sethsbseries]

pull the passenger side kick panel off lift up the carpet or mat back look on the firewall at the inertia switch. pull the plug out and see if its burned through if it is cut the plug and twist the two wires together! Just last week mine did it and had to do it. mine was an 03 edge 3.0....The fuel pumps on fords hardly ever go out.