Charles Musick
Active Member
1999 5.4 EB. Truck runs great.
Problem when the truck gets hot it will not restart is if sits for 5 minutes. It will, if i restart immediately. After the 5 minutes, it will start, idle very rough, starve for gas. Press the gas and it takes in to much air killing the engine. Finally it acts like it runs out of fuel and will not restart untill it cools. I have now noticed the smell of gas. My thoughts were fuel pump, untill the gas smell. I've changed the filter, plugs, fixed vacum leaks. I need to do a pressure test on fuel. Think it may be fuel regulator? I didn't think it would be the hot starter issue because it will start - run for a minute, after that it will crank but nothing on fire.
Problem when the truck gets hot it will not restart is if sits for 5 minutes. It will, if i restart immediately. After the 5 minutes, it will start, idle very rough, starve for gas. Press the gas and it takes in to much air killing the engine. Finally it acts like it runs out of fuel and will not restart untill it cools. I have now noticed the smell of gas. My thoughts were fuel pump, untill the gas smell. I've changed the filter, plugs, fixed vacum leaks. I need to do a pressure test on fuel. Think it may be fuel regulator? I didn't think it would be the hot starter issue because it will start - run for a minute, after that it will crank but nothing on fire.