lil_Blue_Ford
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I recently got a 2000 Ranger, 4.0 OHV, automatic, 4x4, extended cab, 137,xxx miles. The previous owner said that it always started fine when cold, but usually took 2-3 tries to start when warm. He had a mechanic play with it some, but never got the problem sorted out before he needed a different vehicle. It had a new MAF on it when I got it. I promptly diagnosed the IAC as being a little flaky, so that got replaced and it got new plugs and wires. The plugs that were in it were Autolites that looked ok to me, kinda looked fairly new, but they were gapped wrong, I had Motorcraft plugs, so I replaced them anyway.
Wednesday I went out for awhile, it started and ran great except PATS seemed to take a temporary dislike to my key a couple times, both warm and cold engines. I'm working on getting new keys.
Yesterday I had to go run and take care of a few things. Fired right up cold, seemed to run good. But every time I stopped somewhere, when I went to start the still warm truck, it would crank, fire, and die. Didn't matter if you tried to push the gas pedal or turn off accessories. Spit out codes for bank 1 and bank 2 lean when it did that the first time. The more stops I made, the harder it got to get going. At one point I let it sit long enough to get completely cold, and it fired right up.
Not exactly sure where to go with trying to sort out why it doesn't want to stay running when you start it warm. It fires right up nearly every time, but as soon as it fires, the RPMs just keep dropping until it dies, doesn't make any difference most of the time if you try to rev it. Once it fires up and idles, it's fine though, it will idle and run normally, its just the warm start that is a problem.
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Wednesday I went out for awhile, it started and ran great except PATS seemed to take a temporary dislike to my key a couple times, both warm and cold engines. I'm working on getting new keys.
Yesterday I had to go run and take care of a few things. Fired right up cold, seemed to run good. But every time I stopped somewhere, when I went to start the still warm truck, it would crank, fire, and die. Didn't matter if you tried to push the gas pedal or turn off accessories. Spit out codes for bank 1 and bank 2 lean when it did that the first time. The more stops I made, the harder it got to get going. At one point I let it sit long enough to get completely cold, and it fired right up.
Not exactly sure where to go with trying to sort out why it doesn't want to stay running when you start it warm. It fires right up nearly every time, but as soon as it fires, the RPMs just keep dropping until it dies, doesn't make any difference most of the time if you try to rev it. Once it fires up and idles, it's fine though, it will idle and run normally, its just the warm start that is a problem.
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