{"id":31569,"date":"2016-05-04T13:09:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=31569"},"modified":"2016-05-04T13:09:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T18:09:24","slug":"1997-ford-f-150-4-6-liter-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2016\/05\/1997-ford-f-150-4-6-liter-motor","title":{"rendered":"1997 Ford F-150 with a 4.6 liter motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32552\" src=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1997-ford-f150.jpg\" alt=\"1997 Ford F150\" width=\"568\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1997-ford-f150.jpg 568w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/1997-ford-f150-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/>The truck quit today. I left it and came back later and it cranked up. I can hear the fuel pump coming on. I drove a little ways and then stopped and replaced the fuel filter. After that when I drove off and came to a stop the truck would die. Then I put it in park and crank it back up and go. Then one time it died and wouldn&#8217;t start back. Once again after setting for a few hours it started right back up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>RESPONSE<\/p>\n<p>First thing to do is to determine what it is not getting when it won&#8217;t start.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spark<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/fuel.html\">Fuel<\/a> &#8211; Fuel pressure and or injector pulse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ignition control module, <a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/ckp-crank-position-sensor.html\">crankshaft position sensor<\/a> if no spark.<\/p>\n<p>Fuel pump, fuel pump relay if no fuel<\/p>\n<p>crankshaft position sensor, PCM if no fuel injector pulse<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/nostart.html\">No Start Diagnostics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The truck quit today. I left it and came back later and it cranked up. I can hear the fuel pump coming on. I drove a little ways and then stopped and replaced the fuel filter. 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