Hesitating accelleration, intermittent fuel leak...

[lll9740]

I guess I've been picking on 6.0 owners so, it's comin back around now...

My truck has been leaking fuel sometimes, and somewhere around this time also began to barely sputter and hesitate under low accelleration and while warmin up. The hesitation and sputter has become more evident everyday. I cleaned the screen located on driver side, inside f/f area with q-tips and it made a difference for a day or two. Under hard accelleration at cruising spds she never misses a beat. I removed 10k mod, oil's fresh, air filter fresh, and fuel filter too. She has that horrible lope when u start it too, but it's always done that. And cold weather stps here. Will start 30* w/o plugging, but 20* or below, sometimes plugging it in doesn't do much. Some days it will start on first try plugged in, some days u have to cycle plugs and tap fuel pedal...I just had brainshower.... Maybe all this is related, since I have to tap acc on cold days to assist with start, and being it has the loping idle at start all the time( which is due to low fuel press, I think) it's a fuel system problem?!?

Help! I live 45 minutes from town and I can't let one of buddies in a 6 liter catch me broke down own the side of the road in my "bullet proof 7.3"

[blageurt]

Did you check you r Fuel Pressure ? Maybe pump is going down......

[lll9740]

Where can I find a decent fuel pressure gauge that won't break bank.

I havnt gone to town yet so I'll get one today