# Engine trouble **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588 "2019-11-11T18:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/1 "2019-11-11T18:10:47Z")
Okay I have a 1990 Ford Ranger XLT 2.9L V6… The engine wants to start but won’t unless I use starter fuild. I’ve installed a new fuel pump and fuel filter, but I’m still having trouble. I’ve checked to see if I have power to the fuel pump and I do, but once I get the engine started from using the starter fluid and step on the gas, the engine dies… I also installed a new battery… ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/2 "2019-11-11T18:12:25Z")
Oh I also checked all my fuses and replaced the bad one’s… ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/3 "2019-11-11T18:30:20Z")
Okay, so you’ve got power But what about ground? Have you measured actual fuel pressure? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/4 "2019-11-11T18:37:04Z")
I have a grown, was about to check pressure ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/5 "2019-11-11T18:41:08Z")
So the pressure is good as well… ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/6 "2019-11-11T19:39:31Z")
Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: How full is the tank, and how old is the gas in it? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/7 "2019-11-11T19:51:50Z")
3/4 full, only a week old ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/8 "2019-11-11T20:08:43Z")
> [@Jason\_Davis](#): > > Oh I also checked all my fuses and replaced the bad one’s… There may be clues in which fuses were bad. It might help if you filled in the details. Are the injectors firing? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/9 "2019-11-11T20:11:43Z")
The only bad fuses were the cab light and the head lights… ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/10 "2019-11-11T20:12:44Z")
The electronic fuel injection is working good ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/11 "2019-11-12T02:58:52Z")
Well figured out the problem after dumping the gas tank, tank had about a gallon of water in it somehow… Thank y’all for the help… ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/12 "2019-11-12T03:19:34Z")
Was this truck sitting for a long time . . . ? Are you filling up at cut-rate filling stations . . . or ones that don’t see many customers, ones where the gas sits so long, you’re unsure of the quality? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/13 "2019-11-12T03:26:22Z")
It sat for a year, and I’ve gotten gas at both places, but won’t any more. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/14 "2019-11-12T12:37:26Z")
Any chance there are rust hole in the top of the gas tank letting in water? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Davis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Jason\_Davis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jason_Davis)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-trouble/152588/15 "2019-11-12T12:40:09Z")
Plastic tank, but since I pumped out all the water and most of the gas, today I’m going to drop the whole tank to make sure there’s no holes in it…