Q: 2003 f250 6.0L crank, wants to start

asked by on January 26, 2018

I have a WIF light that comes and goes, was told it may be a fuel pump but when I turn the key over I hear a noise, most likely the glow plugs and turn over to crank. It’ll crank, sounds like it wants to start when I pump the gas pedal.

My car has 220000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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