Rough running truck!

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Rough running truck!
jmn444 avatar
jmn444
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Ok, I'm just hoping someone has a idea of what to check for this... It's a '01 F150 w/ a V6.

My truck ran great for about 20 minutes, then i stopped to talk to my dad for a few minutes and left it running, right as I got back in, it made a little noise that I can't really describe and started idling very rough. The only "symptom" that I'm noting is that the sucking noise at the air filter is a LOT louder now.

It really seems like a vacuum problem to me, but I don't see anything disconnected... any suggestions?

I just had it all apart to move the wiring harnesses on the firewall into the truck, but I didn't un-do anything other than those harnesses... The only thing still not mounted properly is the cruise control unit, but I can't imagine that's an issue for this...
jmn444 avatar
jmn444
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Anybody have a diagram of all the vacuum lines so i can be sure i'm checking them all?
bodydropped85 avatar
bodydropped85
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there is one that goes into the intake tube from the valve cover, check that one.
Dragthatchit avatar
Dragthatchit
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c any slpit or dry-cracked vacuum lines??
bodydropped85 avatar
bodydropped85
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those trucks are also notoriious for intake gaskets to. there is one line goin from the valve cover to the back bottom of hte uppper intake manifold that is a crappy plastic one.
jmn444 avatar
jmn444
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I came across the answer on accident... mass air sensor was bad... unplugged it and it ran great so I put a new one on and it's all better, I never would have guessed that it was that critical of a sensor!
bodydropped85 avatar
bodydropped85
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yea all the sensors are critical on an OBDII pcm