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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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I am getting a p0178 code on my truck and it starts real hard in the cold mornings any suggestions? Thank you Daniel
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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What year truck, what model, what engine.......p0178 is normally a fuel composition circuit code (this circuit senses amount of alcohol in the fuel and fuel temperature) on late model trucks 2002 and newer. The code could mean other problems on older units.
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Old Jan 17, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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2003 5.3 4x4. Where is the sensor at? What causes the sensor to go bad?
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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I know what the code means now where is that sensor.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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I don't even show that as a code for an 03 truck. Do you have the L59 engine?
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:31 AM
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yeah on the gm tech 2 it is the z engine code
and that is the code it keeps giving me p0178 which makes it very hard to start on cold mornings. I am trying to find out where it is at so that I can replace it
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If forget exactly where it sits, but this is it. It looks expensive!

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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:58 AM
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If forget exactly where it sits, but this is it. It looks expensive!

does it have a part number? thank you
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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12563553 is on the casting.
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Can you tell who makes it? acdelco? Thank you Daniel
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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Siemens.
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 11:33 AM
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I am getting p0178 which means Fuel Composition Sensor Circuit Low Input. bad ground? or power problem? or is it just not getting any feed back ie something not hooked up?
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Could be any of 'em. If you have a Tech 2 look for data rather than just codes. You can check the power and ground to the sensor with a DVM. Then look for the signal info with the Tech 2.
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