Truck starts, runs fine for about ten miles then is shuts off?

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER
240,000 MILES • 5.3L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JEFF HERMAN
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Replaced plugs, wires, injectors, fuel pump and sending unit, and put in a used pressure regulator. Truck starts, runs fine for about 10 miles and shuts off. Might restart but dies again. Won´t restart until it sits a while. Overnight it will restart normally. Less time, say 1/2 hour, you have to depress accelerator to disable fuel injectors and wait for it to fire. When this happens there is no fuel at the Schrader on the rail. Is it possible for the pressure regulator to not allow fuel through or can it lost vacuum? I was going to try a new pressure regulator. I want to test for vacuum at the intake where the regulator line connects. Truck probably has a bad trans as it won´t shift out of 2nd into 3rd and hesitates to shift into 2nd from 1st but that's another issue altogether. Before I can look into that I can´t have it stalling on me when testing. Thanks for all the help you guys provide. I generally can diagnose and repair things myself, but it is nice to have some assistance sometimes. I will move on to the transmission issue later.
Jan 18, 2023 at 3:20 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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If the vehicle has to sit overnight at times, it sounds like a crankshaft position sensor. I can tell you that if there is no ignition signal, the PCM shuts down the fuel pump to prevent flooding.

If you haven't already, check to see if there is spark at the plugs.

Here is a link that explains how it's done:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-for-ignition-spark

Perform the test when the engine won't start and let me know the results.

Joe
Jan 18, 2023 at 4:10 PM
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JEFF HERMAN
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If it wasn't dark out, I'd go out and do it right now, but I think it'll probably start. I'll try it tomorrow if we don't get snow.
Jan 18, 2023 at 5:01 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Jeff,

That sounds like a plan. Let me know what you find or if there is anything I can do to help.

I'm near Pittsburgh, so keep the snow at your place. LOL

Take care,

Joe
Jan 18, 2023 at 7:18 PM