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Truck is Dead

JasonD

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City, State
Findlay, OH
Year, Model & Trim Level
1997 XLT
Hello all,

This is my first post here and unfortunately things aren't good. I just bought a 1997 XLT with the 4.0L V6 2 months ago. Last week I pulled into the driveway and shut the truck off. I realized I had forgotten something and immediately tried to restart it. It turned over faster than normal and would not restart. I gave up, went inside and came back out 2 hrs later to fiddle with it. On the first try it fired right back up.

It ran fine for the past 2 weeks with no further instances. Well today I took it to a Penzoil shop to get the oil changed. It was one of the drive thru type where u sit in the car. I got the full service and they checked my air filter. It had a significant amount of oil on it. I told them just to wipe it off because I was going to show the dealer what had happenned. When I went to leave it would not start. I waited one hour, still wouldn't start. I waited another hour, still dead. Today it sits in the parking lot.

I had a guy hook up a code reader to my computer and there was no codes tripped. Also when i was trying to start it, the locks actuated 2 or 3 times which seemed very strange. A guy from Tuffy next door said it's probably my ignition module or the computer itself. Any ideas?
 



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Have you checked all the battery connections? Sounds like it could not be getting a good connection.
 






I don't think it's the battery. It turns over very fast and strong. I was thinking tonight it could be the fuel pump.
 






Bad O2 sensors can cause all sorts of problems... take a look at Dead Link Removed
 






From my experience with bad O2 sensors, they usually trip the "check engine" light and cause bad gas mileage. That would also trip a code.
 






Originally posted by JasonD
From my experience with bad O2 sensors, they usually trip the "check engine" light and cause bad gas mileage. That would also trip a code.

True, but not always; mine never threw a code.
 






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