Truck want start when warm, acts like its flooding, let it set 10 min & cool down it will start, when it does this you can unplug temp sensor & will start back up, right away have replaced temp sensor

Asked by 4580xl Mar 25, 2019 at 08:51 PM about the 1996 Ford F-150 XL LB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Can you hook up a toggle switch to the temp  
sensor to cut it off and on.

1 Answer

Toggle switch would cut it off and on, so you wouldn't have to open the hood to unplug temp sensor to start the truck.

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