David Boer
Member
Greetings all. I posted a message yesterday about my Sport Trac not firing up and I appreciate all the responses back. I got a few more details yesterday that I think may narrow the results of what it could be, so figured I would give another post to see if anyone had any suggestions
The additional symptoms are that the vehicle (01 ST) continues to crank, but not turn over, regardless of how long it sits. I found out that as long as I have my foot on the gas pedal, then it will fire up, but the second I let of it stalls. Go to crank it again and it won't start (just crank) until the gas pedal is depressed. I fired it up and kept the gas pedal depressed for about five minutes to see if the truck would then idle by itself, but no luck, the second I let off the gas it died.
I did see a post that said the person adjusted the accelerator cable under the hood, but I wouldn't feel comfortable with that since it appears it needs to be depressed almost 1/4" to keep the truck running. Any thoughts?
(Initial post listed below):
Quick question for the Sport Trac folks out there. I have a 2001 Sport Trac with about 50k miles on it. I drove the vehicle home from the airport last night (40+ miles) and it was raining pretty hard. This morning when I went out to go to work, I cranked the truck and released the key before it was fully started since it normally turns over pretty quickly. I cranked the car over again and released it quickly not thinking and it didn't start. Then the truck would just crank and not turn over. I needed to get to work for a meeting so I just pushed it out of the driveway and took my wifes car. She went out a few hours later and the truck started fine.
I was going to begin diagnosing this evening, but figured I would see if anyone had any input. Here are a few of the places I was going to start based on some of the initial research I did online:
Idler Air Bypass Valve, loose accelerator cable, inertia switch, fuel pump.
I thought if anyone had these same symptoms in the past and had a solution then it may save some time. Any input is welcome and appreciated.
The additional symptoms are that the vehicle (01 ST) continues to crank, but not turn over, regardless of how long it sits. I found out that as long as I have my foot on the gas pedal, then it will fire up, but the second I let of it stalls. Go to crank it again and it won't start (just crank) until the gas pedal is depressed. I fired it up and kept the gas pedal depressed for about five minutes to see if the truck would then idle by itself, but no luck, the second I let off the gas it died.
I did see a post that said the person adjusted the accelerator cable under the hood, but I wouldn't feel comfortable with that since it appears it needs to be depressed almost 1/4" to keep the truck running. Any thoughts?
(Initial post listed below):
Quick question for the Sport Trac folks out there. I have a 2001 Sport Trac with about 50k miles on it. I drove the vehicle home from the airport last night (40+ miles) and it was raining pretty hard. This morning when I went out to go to work, I cranked the truck and released the key before it was fully started since it normally turns over pretty quickly. I cranked the car over again and released it quickly not thinking and it didn't start. Then the truck would just crank and not turn over. I needed to get to work for a meeting so I just pushed it out of the driveway and took my wifes car. She went out a few hours later and the truck started fine.
I was going to begin diagnosing this evening, but figured I would see if anyone had any input. Here are a few of the places I was going to start based on some of the initial research I did online:
Idler Air Bypass Valve, loose accelerator cable, inertia switch, fuel pump.
I thought if anyone had these same symptoms in the past and had a solution then it may save some time. Any input is welcome and appreciated.
