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Air? Check. Spark? Check. Fuel? Negatory. Truck won't start.
I get into the truck to go buy a burrito, and it turns over but won't start. I checked the fuel pump relays, they're ok, checked all my fuses, they're fine as well. Tried the resetting safety fuel pump cutoff switch, nothing. I tried unplugging the brain to my viper alarm, thinking maybe the brain went bad and thought I was trying to steal it, normally it starts/runs perfect with the alarm disabled, but this time nothing.
Any other thoughts? You can't hear the pumps prime when i turn the key. :( |
What's the theft light doing while you are cranking>??? -Mat-
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the truck turns over just fine, theft light stays off while it cranks.
I also tried starting it in neutral, no beans. The o/d off light was also on while it cranked, i can't remember right now if it always does that. |
Did you try pulling your chip out and try to start, Mateus?
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yup, i tried that pete.
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You check the schrader valve for fuel>???
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Yup I did, nothing coming from there.
Could my pump have taken a crap on me? |
Originally posted by MISTERgadget Yup I did, nothing coming from there. Best of luck, Bryan |
Originally posted by MISTERgadget Yup I did, nothing coming from there. Could my pump have taken a crap on me? |
I replaced the relay with a new known good one to test it. I'll try jumping the relay tommorow, if anyone knows the pin-out for the fuel pump plug on the harness, i could figure out how to hot wire them to test.
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Bummer Gadget :(
You say you hear the pumps, what year was known for the clamp loosening up and the hose spitting off the pump ??? We did my Pumps today amof and I got a L Fuel Pump 101 lesson from Sal. He was showing me the improved clamp on mine (02), that use to fall off eariler years due to it being a POS clamp. I have read post of this more that a couple of times. Just a thought ? Hope it's something simple :confused: |
You have also checked the fuse under the hood also, correct? There's a yellow fuse in the underhood box that would disable the fuel pumps also.
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Well, i unplugged the battery and let it sit for a half hour or so with the headlight switch on.
started right up, but the odometer reading didn't show up until about 10-15 seconds later, which i find kind of disturbing. I know a "----------" means dead pcm, but what would the mileage taking so long to display mean? could the cluster be on the way out? edit: NONE of the gauges do anything until about 5-10 seconds after it starts. Cluster on it's way out? |
Mine did the same thing to me a while back; I searched and searched. Still not sure what happened to it just like you said; it went back to starting.....
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Sounds freaky man. Since clearing the battery helped I'd have to assume it's something with the PCM. Did you reseat your chip?
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