ok coming home from taking the wife to the library and getting a pic at the post office i stopped at a corner to turn onto my street and the damn truck died.....tried to start it a few times with no luck....had to put the gas pedal to the floor to get it started when i put it in drive it died...started it again with pedal to floor and had to have it about half throttle or so to keep it started when i put it in drive...got home and in driveway did it a few more times and finally it would stay running in drive at idle....just something in gas lines? not sure will be going out in a few to see if still doing it...any ideas should i be worried

 

Did the truck sit for a while? Bad gas?

 

Dunno sounds like a fuel pump or maybe a filter issue. Not sure though. I know someone will chime in soon. Been hearing lots of issues See what a search returns??

 

no just bought the truck friday was almost empty and am halfway through the first tank of gas...thinkin i will go get some fuel injector cleaner and fill it back up....want to get an idea of the gas mileage im getting anyway...208 miles on halftank but not sure how much to trust the gauge

 

id say the fuel pumps going, the cat is clogged, or it may have a simble battery connection problem...

the symptoms you desrcibe are the same as my buddies truck....he changed the terminals,and all wasgood.

 

it could be the cat

 

It could be the tranny. I remember when I tried to drive my truck after it was sitting for a long time (12 months) the tranny was sticky and actually took some gas to get it going. I had to feather the brake off while having the gas down a bit to get the RPMs up. Like feathering out the clutch in a manual.

Problems could range from lots of areas. I am thinking ignition/electrical.

 

ok went downtown again and it did it again every time i stopped somewhere.....did the key code......1 pause 2 pause 1 pause 4 pause 5 pause 5 pause....cant find the codes anywhere any ideas

 

found the codes i think...12 battery has been disconnected...14 is map sensor...55 is end of codes.....but the way i read it the map sensor can be several things..bad map sensor...clogged air filter...clogged cat....or even a vac leak....anything else?

 

I would solve the battery problem first, it's amaising how a short in a system can cause more havoc than it actually is. Clean and tighten your terminals and take your truck for a drive. Leave the battery disconnected for ten mins and it will take the codes off so when you drive it if there are any new codes they will show up.