Hey everyone! Quick background: 2001 RR 4.6 - 95,000 miles. Did spark plugs at 94000 miles. Only replaced 2 wires that were corroded due to time constraints (I know I know :doh: ). No problems till last Thursday. The girlfriend's RR had trouble starting in the morning. It hesitated and did an extended crank..then finally started, then ran fine until she parked at work. At 5 pm she went to leave, and it was a no start. Just extended crank. I met up with her 20 min later, still no start. Definitely sounded like no fuel getting to the engine. I tried the fuel cutoff switch, checked the relays, all looked good, but still no start. As a last ditch effort, crawled underneath the Range and gave the pump area a couple good whacks....annnd it started right up. Nursing it back home, it stalled out again 15 miles later. Whacked the tank again, got one more start, and made it to the driveway. Didnt drive it and looked into fuel pump replacement options, and yesterday I started tearing into it. But before starting on an access panel in the cargo area, tried starting it up..and it fired right up. Repeated a few more times, tried revving it, etc, all worked fine. So now im not convinced it's the fuel pump :think:
So the questions are: 1) Should I just do the fuel pump as the truck has 95k on it?
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2) Hold off on fuel pump and just do fuel filter and in the process check fuel pressure and go from there?
Or have I missed something completely, and just do the other 6 plug wires and THEN go from there? Thanks for the help!
*Edit* - Now rereading all that...Im wondering if it has something to with not wanting to start when hot? Maybe my fuel tank whacks just gave more time for whatever the problem is here to cool off...?
So the questions are: 1) Should I just do the fuel pump as the truck has 95k on it?
ooorrr
2) Hold off on fuel pump and just do fuel filter and in the process check fuel pressure and go from there?
Or have I missed something completely, and just do the other 6 plug wires and THEN go from there? Thanks for the help!
*Edit* - Now rereading all that...Im wondering if it has something to with not wanting to start when hot? Maybe my fuel tank whacks just gave more time for whatever the problem is here to cool off...?