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Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« on: March 23, 2017, 08:45:08 PM »
2007 Ford F-150 with 5.4.

Everything has been normal until I got in after work tonight and it won't start. It cranks over normal, but doesn't even try to fire. No warning lights on the dash and security light is normal. Now I'm stuck downtown Spokane until my ride gets here. Any thoughts?

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2017, 09:12:00 PM »
Sorry to hear about your predicament. But all in all that just sounds like a ford.  :dunno:
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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2017, 09:22:50 PM »
Fuel pump?

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2017, 09:26:44 PM »
Fuel pump?
:yeah:  try beating on the bottom of the tank and see if it will fire.  Does it have fuel in the talk :dunno: :chuckle:?

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2017, 09:27:20 PM »
Cam position sensor could be issue. Wouldn't be uncommon. It's near the lower pulley if i recall correctly.
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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2017, 09:29:45 PM »
Fuel pump is more likely. A lot of times, as mentioned, you can beat on the tank jarring the pump into working. Same concept as hitting a starter with a hammer.
Cam sensors are not common problems on them.
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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2017, 09:42:21 PM »
Fuel,spark,air,back to the basics

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2017, 09:45:17 PM »
fuel filter?  Fuel pressure regulator?

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2017, 09:58:16 PM »
If it's real low on fuel and not parked on level ground😉Happened to me recently
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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2017, 10:19:37 PM »
I got a ride home and had to leave my pickup, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to test things out. It has about a 1/8 of a tank of fuel and is parked on a slight slope nose down. I will try beating on the tank to try to get the fuel pump going. Any easy way of telling if the fuel pump is operating?

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2017, 10:52:13 PM »
You can usually hear it if the truck has been off for a little while and you just turn the key to run. You can also test pressure at the rail but not sure what your truck specs at. One thing to do is purge the rail with the power off then turn he key to run and then see if the rail repressurizes.

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2017, 11:28:26 PM »
^^like nimrod said,'easy test to see if you have pressure. Looks like a tire Schrader valve on fuel rail

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2017, 05:54:06 AM »
Give a little shot of ether to it .  If it fires the ether, the spark is OK.

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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2017, 06:01:52 AM »
If it's real low on fuel and not parked on level ground😉Happened to me recently

Low fuel + nose down has caught me a few times at my folks place with their sloped driveway.  Have also had rollover fuel shutoff valve/switch go bad.  Never had an in-tank pump go bad without warning.
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Re: Pickup cranks normally but won't start. '07 F150
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2017, 06:04:58 AM »
Murpheys Law: If your tank is FULL, it will be the pump.

 


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