Starting problems
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Starting problems
I have an odd question about starting issues on my 1995 F-150 5.0 V8 with K&N fipk. It has 126k on the odometer. In the morning it will start right up, and when leaving work for instance will turn right over, but if I make any stops in between or leave the house after getting home, it'll turn over and then die on me. No shaking or belching of smoke--yet! It takes two or three starts to keep running. It also seems to be using a little more gas than usual. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!!
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Hey Matt, I don't recall the cel being on, and it is maf. It's connected to the fipk. The K&N website takes exception to the "urban myth" that their oil dirties up the maf. I'll have to get some CRC maf cleaner at Autozone soon(very soon!!) and go that route first. Mafs are not cheap!! Also, the fuel filter was replaced at 89,700 miles. And what about the possibility of the fuel pump relay?? Thanks in advance.
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Hey Matt, I don't recall the cel being on, and it is maf. It's connected to the fipk. The K&N website takes exception to the "urban myth" that their oil dirties up the maf. I'll have to get some CRC maf cleaner at Autozone soon(very soon!!) and go that route first. Mafs are not cheap!! Also, the fuel filter was replaced at 89,700 miles. And what about the possibility of the fuel pump relay?? Thanks in advance.
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Hey Matt thanks for the tip. Got some CRC MAF cleaner at Autozone yesterday. Not a very big hole to shoot the spray into, but seemed to clean it out. Idling better and gas usage seems to be down. Now I see I have a 1"x2" gash in my K&N air filter from the original air filter housing bracket vibrating through the filter. You get one problem solved and another one crops up. Got the bracket bent down but the damage is done, so that may be where some of the dirty air is coming in at. Thanks again.
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Hey Matt thanks for the tip. Got some CRC MAF cleaner at Autozone yesterday. Not a very big hole to shoot the spray into, but seemed to clean it out. Idling better and gas usage seems to be down. Now I see I have a 1"x2" gash in my K&N air filter from the original air filter housing bracket vibrating through the filter. You get one problem solved and another one crops up. Got the bracket bent down but the damage is done, so that may be where some of the dirty air is coming in at. Thanks again.