Intermittenly Sputters and Sometimes Dies

[beazer]

I have a 2000 F250 with 200,000+ miles on it. I’d like to say I put all of those miles on it but I can’t. I bought it from the original owner (my dad) last year. I recently have been having some issues with it sputtering and on occasion dieing out on me. When it happens the “check engine” light does come on. When it first happened I thought it might be a some bad fuel, but it keeps happening. It does seem to happen more as the fuel tank gets closer to empty. I am not sure if water is the culprit or not??

If anyone is from the Cleveland OH area and has a referral for a mechanic I am open to the idea of taking it to a professional. However, I am mechanically inclined, but I have never worked on diesel engines before.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[whatabudro]

We need to know what the codes are to help you.

 

[beazer]

How did I know that was going to be asked.

I saw it mentioned that some parts places will read it. Do you know if any national chains do that??

 

[whatabudro]

Autozones will read codes. There's been talk that they can't read the Ford specific programs, but it's worth a try.

 

[beazer]

Went to Autozone and they said the light needed to be on to read. I waited till it came back on and they still couldn't read it.

 

[DaveBen]

Autozone readers do not read CAN communications scheme and Ford uses CAN communications scheme. You will have to get your own reader/scanner to read the codes. Autoxray and AutoEnginuity are two that can read Ford OBS II codes.

Dave