TRUCK DIED PLEASE HELP!!!

[got smoke?]

have a 99 f350 mbrp 5" exhaust, sct livewire, afe cold air, 4" lift, 35's... Went to go to work this morning started truck n ran fine for 15 minutes started cruising down the road and truck sputtered a bunch and died... realized that its popping the number 30 fuse under dash + only does it when cold outside... on warmer days have no problem.. any help would be great!!

[el conquistador]

look inside your fuel bowl, remove the filter and check and see if your fuel heater element has fallen to the bottom of the bowl, that is, touching. (it always is in the bottom), but i don't remember which fuse, but this sounds like the problem i had.

if it is this, it shorts it out, around $60 at ford i believe for the part, which once you see it, it's laughable

[el conquistador]

PS: THE WARM OUTSIDE THING, I'M NOT SURE. JUST REMEMBER MINE DID THIS LIKE 3 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS THE FUEL HEATER ELEMENT INSIDE THE BOWL. EASY TO REPLACE AND FIX.

[NoRalPh]

You don't have to "fix" it, just unplug it and drive (worry about the repair at some later date....)

[got smoke?]

awsome ill try that out n see what i find... if the element itself is touching the bottom means its shorting out? also would this have nething to do with the problem im having only when wet out... the truck spits and sputterz only when its wet/raining... and which plug do u i pull for the heater?

[NoRalPh]

Originally Posted by got smoke?

awsome ill try that out n see what i find... if the element itself is touching the bottom means its shorting out? also would this have nething to do with the problem im having only when wet out... the truck spits and sputterz only when its wet/raining... and which plug do u i pull for the heater?

There's actually quite a few posts here about "sputtering" in the rain. I think it's been determined that it actually has to do with the wipers being on (you could try driving for a bit with them off and see if it stops). This is thought to have something to do with interference of the CPS and changing it might help.....

Do a Search and read-up on some of them


Here's the connector at the bottom.

[got smoke?]

awsome thanks for the help that def was the problem... ill have to look into that windshield wiper interferance