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not a ford, but hoping for help

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I have a brand X work truck. It has a 4.3 v6. If the thing is cold, it will not start. It is getting spark, and it has 60psi fuel pressure when cranking. If I spray starting fluid on the air cleaner it will stumble to a start and then run beautifully for as long as I want, unless I shut it off for about 15 minutes.....then I have to spray starting fluid to get it to start again. I replaced the air inlet temp. sensor and the map sensor, but no change. It's like it's not getting any fuel on the intitial startup. Like I say, I know this is not a mustang question, but there seem to be alot of people on here that have a mechanical expertise that far exceeds mine.........thanks
 

HISSIN50

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Wait, where is JR's earlier post with the go cart comment?

Can you perhaps tell us the type of fuel injection (if applicable) that you have? This is a GM product, right?

Knowing if it is SEFI, CFI, etc will help.

Good luck.
 

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It's a 4.3 vortec motor in an S10 blazer. It is the older style vortec with the tuned port intake and the throttle body facing strait forward.
 

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Have you checked out the infamous CPI symptoms? Your situation kinda sounds like it could be related.
 

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s10-net
 

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www.s10fourm.com is probly your best bet on that one and like stated above it sounds like its the cpi gremlins. im not much help on that seince mine is a 91tbi rig
 
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