I have been driving my truck lately and took it on its longest ride in some time, about 12 miles each way.

I drove there and hung out for about an hour then drove back no problems either way. After getting home I shut the truck off and tried to start again 5 minutes later and it turned over really slow then a little faster but would not catch. it was a nice leasurely drive nothing over 40MHP. (Not like my test drives)

I ran the battery down a little so I jumped it and she started right up.

I may have a battery problem but can't rectify the slow crank to the fast crank. Is this an over heated starter or a vapor lock problem?

This has happened before. Temp gauge never goes over 180 degrees.


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