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Starting problem My wife drove it to the store and said it was fine. Then she tried to start it to come home and it just cranked over and never started. A friend of ours says its probably fuel filter/pump. We removed the fuel line after the pump and get an initial squirt of fuel as the key is turned to on. Then as we crank it over, no more fuel comes out at all? Can you help me please? Is it the pump or could it be anti-theft or start system issue? I don't know :(

  • tking28 Mar 29, 2009

    my 2000 expedition stalls when running, it will restart after about 5-10 minutes, then the theft light flashes rapidily, also sequencially, 2 long flashes, six short. There is no pattern to the stalls, maybe one then not for two.

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Sounds like it could be an inertia switch located above your right foot when in passenger seat i have had the same prob in a 96 a good size pot hole can set it off it disables the fuel pump and makes it seem like a bad pump

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If it's the antitheft system, when you try to start it the antitheft light will flash rapidly.

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