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99 4.0 cranks and doesn’t start

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Old Aug 1, 2024
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99 4.0 cranks and doesn’t start

I’ve had some issues where the truck has trouble starting and it when it starts it is sometimes rough, but after sitting for maybe 2 hours and doing an oil change, it just cranks and cranks without starting. If anyone has any ideas that could help me out that would be great
 
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Old Aug 2, 2024
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Could be several things. Any lights or codes? Anybody hit the fuel safety switch on passenger side floorboard? I'm thinking a bad sensor someplace or throttle body maybe giving up or majorly dirty. Lastly, you may have a bad cam position sensor. Your going to have to do diagnostic work on this issue. Good luck and if you find anything else you come across, let us know.
 
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so after i kept trying to start it for a while, it eventually did, but ran really rough and just starting dumping smoke out of the exhaust. i’m guessing it was flooded and burning off fuel. i ran the codes on it and it had a bad coolant temp sensor. I’m guessing the bad sensor messed up the computers and lead to having too much fuel which flooded the engine. I could be wrong there but i did replace the sensor and the sending unit as well, seems to run/start fine but I’ll have to give it a few days and see if i have issues again
 
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Glad it's going again. It's possible something kept your injectors open and that's how it flooded.
 
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