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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Well i drove my truck to work this morning no problems, left the office twice during the day for maybe 8 miles total with no problems, but when i got ready to go home it would turn over almost starting and then just crank but never fire. So the fuel gage was below 1/4 so i put 5 gallons of E-85 in it and tried again same result. Got a rubber hammer tapped on the fuel tank by the pump started right up. So I quickly got in and headed for home which is less than a 2 mile trip and about a 1/2 mile from home it died. Was lucky enough to coast home at which point i tried the hammer trick again but this time when i turned it over my dtc said CHECK OIL LEVEL-What? So i did, 1 1/2 qt low, topped it off tried again-nothing. By this time i have noticed the fuel pump is not buzzing like it normally does so i assume its the fuel pump but the CHECK OIL LEVEL light is kind of throughing me for a lope. Any thoughts? By the my i am running straight E-85 with a bigger than stock in tank pump from Magnacharger.
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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Also when i was trying to start it after i had added more oil, the oil pressure gage would go to 40 psi then start to drop then it would die. I really doubt it has anything to do the oil system but anything is possible .
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