# Difficult starting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/difficult-starting/8472>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/difficult-starting/8472 "2007-12-19T03:30:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![mobileman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mobileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mobileman)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/difficult-starting/8472/1 "2007-12-19T03:30:19Z")

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what would cause a f150 to start ok at the beginning of the day and then needs to have the gas pedal held down for all the other starts during the day?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/difficult-starting/8472/2 "2007-12-19T03:35:32Z")

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What year is your F-150, and what engine is in your truck? You have to be more precise if you expect to get good answers to your question.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/difficult-starting/8472/3 "2007-12-19T03:36:40Z")

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What year, engine, you know? The important stuff?

Tester