E 250 Van V8-460 7.5L (1982)
Fuel Filter: Customer Interest
Fuel System - Fuel Starvation and Hard Start
Article No. 85-15-19
FUEL STARVATION/HARD START (7.5L) - FUEL SYSTEM SERVICE PROCEDURE
LIGHT TRUCK 1980-85 E & F SERIES
Service procedures for concerns of fuel starvation are summarized as follows. These procedures apply to motor home and other conversion units with
after market pumps and tanks, as well as vehicles with Ford fuel systems.
1.
Vehicles equipped with electric fuel pumps and those converted from mechanical to electric fuel pumps per TSB's 83-11-12, 83-11-12-S (84-20)
and 84-22-14:
Refer to TSB 84-24-14 for a description of the fuel system.
1.
Perform service of Fuel System Plumbing Concerns as described on Page 31 of TSB 84-24-14.
NOTE:
On motor home vehicles, the fuel tank straps may be ovenightened causing the tank to collapse, thus blocking the fuel pick-up filter.
2.
Check for Fuel System Electrical Concerns as described on Page 37 of the above TSB, 84-24-14.
3.
Check for electrical continuity to the fuel pump as described on Page 24-35-8 of the 1985 Light Truck Shop Manual, Volume B. Then check
electric fuel pump operation through Step (d) as described on the same page of that manual.
