mikeh
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- City, State
- St. Louis, MO
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 XLT SOHC V6
98 X. On Sunday morning I pulled into a gas station. I filled up. I went to start it again and it wouldn't start. It turned over fine and started to start and then dies immediately. It's like maybe the choke is not turning off. I left it there and caught a ride home.
Any help in diagnosing the problem would be great.
It's not the starter and it has spark so it's fuel or air. I don't think it was bad fuel as no other cars were having a problem at this gas station.
I drove back to the gas station 20 miles away and I was able to get the X started and drove it home. When I tried to start it and it turned over and wouldn't start at all. I tried this about 5 times. On about the 6th time it started perfectly like nothing was ever wrong with it. I did remove the gas cap while I was there and put it back on. The gas cap was clicked on just fine so I don't think that had any effect.
It's kind of like the fuel pump suddenly decided to start to pump and boom it started. I also restarted the truck at home and it started fine multiple times. So now I'm worried that this will happen again suddenly. I also gave it a bunch of throttle trying to see if maybe it wasn't getting enough gas but the truck reacted just fine.
Now I've ran it for another day and I've had no issues at all. So what was it??
Possibilities? IAC valve? Fuel pump relay? Fuel pump? Gas cap issue? Throttle position sensor? Electrical issue?
I really hate iffy problems that might leave me stranded somewhere.
Mikeh
Any help in diagnosing the problem would be great.
It's not the starter and it has spark so it's fuel or air. I don't think it was bad fuel as no other cars were having a problem at this gas station.
I drove back to the gas station 20 miles away and I was able to get the X started and drove it home. When I tried to start it and it turned over and wouldn't start at all. I tried this about 5 times. On about the 6th time it started perfectly like nothing was ever wrong with it. I did remove the gas cap while I was there and put it back on. The gas cap was clicked on just fine so I don't think that had any effect.
It's kind of like the fuel pump suddenly decided to start to pump and boom it started. I also restarted the truck at home and it started fine multiple times. So now I'm worried that this will happen again suddenly. I also gave it a bunch of throttle trying to see if maybe it wasn't getting enough gas but the truck reacted just fine.
Now I've ran it for another day and I've had no issues at all. So what was it??
Possibilities? IAC valve? Fuel pump relay? Fuel pump? Gas cap issue? Throttle position sensor? Electrical issue?
I really hate iffy problems that might leave me stranded somewhere.
Mikeh