Truck died sitting in a drive through lane, no warning, cranks but will not start. Had no problems before. 4.6 liter Ford F-150 4x4

Asked by Goofball1265 Oct 24, 2018 at 09:52 PM about the 2008 Ford F-150 XL 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Sitting in drive through the truck died, cranks but won't start even after sitting
for 2 hours.Had no warning at all. Ideas?

1 Answer

GuruV3FV3 answered 6 years ago

More than likely the ignition sensor in the distributor has died.(Some DO NOT have traditional ignition points. Replace the ignition sensor and the engine will start an run as before. The same thing happened to a friend of mine and it worked. Roy Fredrichsen Houston, Texas

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