over the past few months i have occasionaly had trouble getting the truck to start.i would have to crank the motor for several seconds to get it to fire up.it was very unusual and only once in a great while.it has happened several times in the past few weeks when the weather has been very hot out.i changed out the fuel filter and it did not help.my next guess would be a problem with the fuel pump.anyone heard of or had this problem before? iead/opinions?

 

If it was a fuel system problem you'd think it would show up at other times besides start-up. How old is the battery?

 

truck is a 2000.stock battery

 

I love starting trouble, oh wait, nevermind.

Is it cranking any slower then usual>??? Might want to check the battery volts. Mine is an 01 and I just replaced the battery. -Mat-

 

the motor does not crank any slower.it sputters a little then dies out.

 

Maybe worth doing the "CLEAN THE IAC MOD"
The usual sympton is rolling idles and stalling, it takes all of 5 minutes to do and it's FREE, worth giving it a try

BTW
Mine fk up when the truck was brand new, I cleaned it, and have had years of trouble free idles since

 

i will give it a look.i have not cleaned it in a while.

 

from the first day i got my truck it will try to start so i shut it off and aways fires right up the second time. or if i turn on the key and wait a second then crank it that will work too.

 

What mods? I ask cause I was chasing the same issue for a while. However, I have fuel pumps, injectors, etc... Its important to check your fuel pressure at key-on to see what its at. Jody helped me figure that problem out.