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To: ArGee; tacticalogic; Monkey Face
"I would say it’s definitely flooding except I didn’t think fuel-injected engines did that."

So, she should make her ballast resistor sit in a corner?

She should find out what the real problem is and not worry about the ballast resistor, if there is one.

I'm not that conversant with fuel-injection, but flooding shouldn't happen, especially heat-related flooding.

It sounds like maybe a sticking valve of some kind, one that's supposed to relieve fuel pressure after the fuel warms up by letting it flow back into the tank or something.

In a fuel-injected engine, no fuel should get into the cylinders until the circuits signal it to happen, so if fuel is escaping into the air enough to be smelled, then something's wrong.

575 posted on 08/11/2015 10:18:28 AM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Australia: Every animal is one of three types: Dangerous, Poisonous, or sheep." Rorschach's Blot)
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To: NicknamedBob; ArGee; tacticalogic; Covenantor

I was just outside, and was talking to a mechanic, and he said it sounded like something electrical, and electrical was not his area of expertise.

So, I’m no better off than when I started. I guess I will just live with it.


576 posted on 08/11/2015 11:09:16 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I've finally lost my mind!If you find it don't bother to return it It wasn't working properly anyway)
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To: NicknamedBob

Just for the record, I think we knew that something was wrong before we started. :D

But I would agree she should not be smelling gas when trying to start her truck.


587 posted on 08/11/2015 12:46:39 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Just for the record, I think we knew that something was wrong before we started. :D

But I would agree she should not be smelling gas when trying to start her truck.


588 posted on 08/11/2015 12:46:40 PM PDT by ArGee (Unfortunately, when everything's insane, nothing is.)
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