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I live in Texas and it has been over 105 degree for 3 months and here is the problem. My 1996 ford F-150 302 V8 truck is gasping when I go shopping I park my truck like normal but when I get done and go back to my truck to go to a different place the truck is acting like it is not getting enough gas and is sputtering and gasping. but when I push the gas down the truck finally acts like it is getting enough gas and works fine. This is the only time the truck acts like this. And I never have any problem even at stop lights only when I start up. My husband is saying that it is vapor locking.
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Yes, because of the extreme heat, it does sound like vapor lock. You can try using a different brand / grade of gasoline. Higher alcohol content in gasoline contributes to vapor lock, and different brands of gas are all made a little different. If this just started recently after your last fill up, that may explain it.
Fuel injection should not get vapor lock. but with those extreme temperatures it is possible. I agree- try a different brand of gas. Also, if the check engine light is on, then have the computer scanned for codes. You may have a sensor going bad or something like that.
1995 f150. I can go out to my truck and it starts right up but on the way to the store it might die on me. (Standard trans.). I can grind and grind and; grind, then suddenly it will hit then start just like nothing happened. I go home and park my truck and try to start it right back up but it will not start. I go in my house for an hour or so , then go back to my truck and it might start up or it might not. It’s like the ignition just shuts off until it’s ready to come back on. I have paid a lot of money to mechs but no one has been able to correct the problem. I had the computer replaced but that did not solve the problem. Please help me. I am 80 years old really do need the transportation. Charley
First my truck lost power and would only run about 5 mph. Once stopped it would not restart. We changed all 8 spark plugs and coil packs. We’ve checked both relays (fuel pump and PCM). We changed the Fuel filter. It started a couple times after all this but won’t run for more than a couple minutes.
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