Fuel Blockage

[E63]

Raptor would not turn over last night, Must of tried 12 times, extended cranking, no fuel. NOT DTCs or extended DTCs. I was on perfectly flat under ground parking, 3/4 of tank of gas.

Got a great tip to tap the gas tank with a hammer while cranking. Worked like a charm. So is the problem a stuck float? Dirt in the intake? IDK I also don't know if I need to do anything or if it is was a one time thing. Knowing how to fix makes me feel a lot better about it, but this was the first time my Raptor ever stranded me. Took 2.5 hours to get sorted out.

I am in the dirt all the time, and I clean out the inside of the filler neck every time I wash the beast. Frankly the easy fill is probably not a good idea for those of us who off road all the time in the dry dirt.

 

[bcjohnson22]

Wow. It'll be interesting to hear if it happens again.. hopefully it doesn't.

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

they do make a locking cover for the filler neck so no one can siphon your fuel and im sure itll help keep dirt out

 

[WRCRaptor]

That is not good. You clould use the remote start and hammer trick if you are alone. I bought the locking gas cap to keep the salty slush (winter) dust & mud (summer) not really for the security aspect. Works very well.

Fuel contamination maybe?

 

[E63]

Thanks guys,

I hope it doesn't continue, I will likely look into the locking gas cap. The truck has started up just fine last three uses.

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

maybe it was just a small piece and now its gone hopefully!

 

[SuperRaptor]

I know that in Chevy's when your fuel pump is going the old trick is to tap it a few times to get it going and get yourself home. Don't know how you could prove to Ford that is what is though.

 

[Ingot SVT]

Sounds like a failing fuel pump. The pump portion of the fuel sending unit has a mesh screen that prefilters the fuel going into the pump, would have to be a very very small object in order to get past the screen to then get lodged in the pumps internals. No codes with a no start plus banging on the fuel tank then starts up. points to an intermittent pump failure. I have the locking gas cap just for the fact that it can help eliminate debris from getting into the capless tank system and a small peice of mind that only I open the tank and fill it with gas.