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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Don't touch the accelerator, it only serves to confuse the computer, this isn't a carb that you have to pump to get gas to spray in the intake. Turn the key on, listen for the fuel pump to come on and run for about 10 or 15 seconds and shut off. The computer turns on the pump, and then starts looking for engine rotation, it doesn't see it, so it shuts the pump off. Slowly cycle the key on, listen and wait for the pump to run and stop, key off, key back on and pump runs, repeat a couple or three times. This pushes fuel up to the injection manifold. It should then start easily when you actually crank the engine over. If you cannot hear the pump, get someone to lay down under the fuel tank area and listen while you cycle the key.
My old '91 Ranger sits a lot, and I usually have to do this to get fuel back up to the engine so it will start easily. After that it starts OK till it sits again.
Most RV's have couple of inch thick floors of wood and foam and possibly aluminum sheet, structure, etc. Personally I consider it bad form to hack a hole in the floor of anything to change a fuel pump, if the pump is weak, bite the bullet and drop the tank. The pump will be retained in the tank with a large plastic nut, and will either require the proper tool for loosening and tightening the nut, or at worst, a 18 inch or so pair of channel lock pliers. Not something you can or want to do thru a hole in the floor of your coach.
Charles
My old '91 Ranger sits a lot, and I usually have to do this to get fuel back up to the engine so it will start easily. After that it starts OK till it sits again.
Most RV's have couple of inch thick floors of wood and foam and possibly aluminum sheet, structure, etc. Personally I consider it bad form to hack a hole in the floor of anything to change a fuel pump, if the pump is weak, bite the bullet and drop the tank. The pump will be retained in the tank with a large plastic nut, and will either require the proper tool for loosening and tightening the nut, or at worst, a 18 inch or so pair of channel lock pliers. Not something you can or want to do thru a hole in the floor of your coach.
Charles
