Truck has hard time starting!!!

Asked by peldo Oct 20, 2016 at 11:19 PM about the 1995 Ford F-150

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

So i have a 1995 ford 150 2WD 5 speed manual, Will start up fine but once
you drive it for 7 or 10 miles and you turn it off it will just kinda chug when
you try to start it back up, starter and everything works fine, but the truck it
self will just Chug and chug, i will put my foot on the gas pedal and it sits
there and chugs as soon as i let off the gas it dies?? After you let it sit for a
while it turns over and starts plum fine??? PLEASE HELP  

6 Answers

470

Change temp sensor on front of engine not the one for the hand the one for computer it has 2 sensors on it change the temp sensor for computer when it's cold it will run fine it gets hot it reads its still cold messsing up comuter shutting it down

470

Temputure control sensor. I just fixed the same issue on same truck it had a 300 6 cylinder tho why i ask if it was a 300 6 cylinder any part store should be able to tell u I got one from junk yard for 5 dollars took 2I mins to change easy fix

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