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Old 12-17-2011, 03:34 PM
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Truck (2002 4.7L V8) was running bad, almost felt like it was missing, one day the truck died and after a few tries I got it to start but it ran rough. Check engine light came on and had codes 1391 & 340. So I got a CPS and a set of plugs. Put the sensor in and then replaced all plugs one at a time. Now truck won't start at all & CEL is blinking. It turns and tries to start just won't.

It has no codes now just the CEL blinking, any advice? I am going to put old plugs back in and see if maybe I got a bad set.
 
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Old 12-17-2011, 03:38 PM
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put the old CPS back in and see what happens. If it cranks then you got a faulty cps.
 
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Old 12-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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It's much more likely to be a bad CPS than 8 bad plugs.
 
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did you gap the plugs first? .040 i do believe
 
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Yea everything gapped right and old plugs didn't help, then it was just too cold today and looked like it was going to snow so I called it a day. I'll try the old sensor tomorrow and see if that will get it to start
 



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