CDI?

[Mark Nowakowsky]

Hi Paul,

Paul Tholey wrote:

>         I was wondering if anyone on the list could try and diagnose a problem.
>
>         I am at school, and my roommate's 1990 Ford F150 4.9 L truck has a
> starting problem.  The truck will crank and crank until it finally sputters
> to a start.  Once running, the truck runs great.
>
>         On a side note, I believe the type of FI on the truck is  called
> CDI.  Is there a way for him to pick up any performance, such as burning a
> custom EPROM?
>
>         Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Paul Tholey
> pft101 at psu.edu

  Kinda sounds like the fuel pump relay is no good and the engine has to crank long
enough for the oil pressure to build up and trigger the fuel pump with the oil
pressure sender.


Mark.
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