gyates
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After the last 4 or so fill-ups I am having probelms starting the truck. It cranks, but to get it to start I have to press the accelerator to get it started. For about 30 seconds or so it idles rough, then it corrects itself and runs fine until the next fill-up situatiuon.
About 3 weeks ago I had the CEL illumination, and the code was P1450. Cleared the code and no more CEL since. While attempting to start the truck after fill-ups the CEL does come on, but as soon as I get it started it the CEL goes away.
Truck is an '05, with 85k miles. Fuel filter is recent. IAC is clean. MAF is recent. Fuel pump was replaced around 45k.
Any idea? Fuel tank pressure sensor maybe? Vapor canister purge valve? I am not overly mechanical and I will probably end up taking to the shop, but if Ihave an idea maybe I can help the shop folks narrow it down before just replacing parts. And I do not have gauges, etcc, to help diagnose. Surely someone else on here has had this condition and can point my in a direction to resolve it. Last night I was about 200 miles from home, stopped to fuel up, and the starting process had me extremelly nervous as it did not want to start. Since the fill-up I have had about 5 starts with no issues. This problem only occurs with fill-ups.
Following is a positng I found that seems to be exactly like my problem. The solution in this case was the vapor canister purge valve, located in the engine compartmentnear the battery.
http://www.professionalfleet.com/lansing_auto_repair_articles/vehicle_will_not_start_after_filling_with_fuel
About 3 weeks ago I had the CEL illumination, and the code was P1450. Cleared the code and no more CEL since. While attempting to start the truck after fill-ups the CEL does come on, but as soon as I get it started it the CEL goes away.
Truck is an '05, with 85k miles. Fuel filter is recent. IAC is clean. MAF is recent. Fuel pump was replaced around 45k.
Any idea? Fuel tank pressure sensor maybe? Vapor canister purge valve? I am not overly mechanical and I will probably end up taking to the shop, but if Ihave an idea maybe I can help the shop folks narrow it down before just replacing parts. And I do not have gauges, etcc, to help diagnose. Surely someone else on here has had this condition and can point my in a direction to resolve it. Last night I was about 200 miles from home, stopped to fuel up, and the starting process had me extremelly nervous as it did not want to start. Since the fill-up I have had about 5 starts with no issues. This problem only occurs with fill-ups.
Following is a positng I found that seems to be exactly like my problem. The solution in this case was the vapor canister purge valve, located in the engine compartmentnear the battery.
http://www.professionalfleet.com/lansing_auto_repair_articles/vehicle_will_not_start_after_filling_with_fuel
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