Rough engine start on a 2000 Ford Triton V10
I hope this is the correct forum for my question. So I store my M.H. outdoors and I live in Northern California in the Bay Area. It rarely gets below freezing out here. I have a 2000 Fleetwwod clas...
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How long are you cranking it for each time? If it's only a few seconds, don't be afraid to crank it for fifteen seconds or so...which feels to me like a lot longer than it is when I'm sitting there cranking an engine.
At any rate, I would tend to guess either the fuel pump in the tank is not working well or there's a slight leak in the fuel line or something that's causing the gas to not stay in the fuel line while it sits. I would tend to not suspect a fuel filter (which would, I think, tend to affect operation at high power levels rather than idle) nor injector problems (which would, I think, prevent it from running well once started). If it is the fuel system, it might help to turn the key to the on position for a minute or so before cranking the engine.
Whatever the problem, it's probably not so much from sitting per se as much as just from aging in general. Incidentally, starting the engine monthly without actually driving anywhere isn't doing anything useful and is actually comparatively rough on the engine; most wear occurs during the first few minutes of engine operation when it hasn't warmed up yet. Generators say to run them (under load) every month or so partly to make sure the brushes and the rings they contact stay clean and partly to help ensure that evaporating gas doesn't gum up the carburetor; neither of those apply to the V10 in any way.
At any rate, I would tend to guess either the fuel pump in the tank is not working well or there's a slight leak in the fuel line or something that's causing the gas to not stay in the fuel line while it sits. I would tend to not suspect a fuel filter (which would, I think, tend to affect operation at high power levels rather than idle) nor injector problems (which would, I think, prevent it from running well once started). If it is the fuel system, it might help to turn the key to the on position for a minute or so before cranking the engine.
Whatever the problem, it's probably not so much from sitting per se as much as just from aging in general. Incidentally, starting the engine monthly without actually driving anywhere isn't doing anything useful and is actually comparatively rough on the engine; most wear occurs during the first few minutes of engine operation when it hasn't warmed up yet. Generators say to run them (under load) every month or so partly to make sure the brushes and the rings they contact stay clean and partly to help ensure that evaporating gas doesn't gum up the carburetor; neither of those apply to the V10 in any way.
