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Originally Posted by Prospector78
There is no alarm on the truck. The lights did come on. all went out but the SES and I pulled the code. The fuel pressure is right were it's suppose to be according to my book. The book states around 56-60 psi.
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The reason I asked about the lights is that the 1997 model has had a lot of problems with the ignition switch. Some of the contacts fail to make a connection and cause a loss of power to certain systems. With an automatic, it is easier to tell, because the transmission circuit is usually the first to go. With a standard it is much harder, and one of the signs is that the cluster lights don't function correctly. Either they don't come on during the lamp test or they stay on all the time.
The fuel pressure spec in Haynes and Chilton manuals is incorrect. It is based on incorrect info that was released and then later corrected by GM... only they didn't seem to think it was important to update their books. With that said, 56-60 may give you hard starting in some situations, but it won't cause it to die. Below about 55 and they won't start on their own, and once it gets in the 40s they won't run at all.