95 F-350 CEL HELP

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I have a 95 f-350 and when I let it sit for the past day not plugged in then go to start it, it's starts but now I have a CEL. after a while of the truck idling like crap I take it for a little ride and now the lights gone. I don't feel like I have any loss of power but it has done this now a few times?! what could it be? after its warm the light seems to go away?
 
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Know what code was stored would help, but in the short term, I would probably inspect the harness connections at the valvecovers (1 front and 1 rear for each valvecover). If you disconnect each one, is there oil in the connector or any burned/melted pins? Also, remove the oil cap and sniff it. Does it smell like burned electrical insulation? If so you could have melting/burning of the Under ValveCover Harnesses (UVCH, there are 2 of them under each valvecover). To do a better inspection than the sniff test (quick and dirty), you would need to remove the valvecovers or perform the following:

For each Valvecover gasket connection (5 pins each), you should not get any continuity from any of the 3 inner pins to either of the outermost pins or battery ground (indicates no shorts between injector wiring and glowplug wiring or ground).

Cheers!
 
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