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Anonymous Posted on Aug 15, 2009

No power to injectors 350 tbi

Hooked a noid light to the injector wire and got no pulse when turning over. The truck did run for about 15 minutes the other day in idle then died.

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Check the crank sensor for failure. It is relatively easy to change and it is what tells the computer that the engine is turning over. If there isd no crank signal the computer wont fire the injectors.

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