Help truck sputtering

Ok I was at the mall the the old lady and my buddy truck was running fine before we went in the mall absolutely nothing wrong running wise. There was a winning electric noise coming from the engine bay but thats been happening for about a month now with no problems.

I went out to leave and it was cranking fine but would not start, checked the belts and everything was fine. So I called my buddy and kept trying it. Nothing. So I waited about 20 minutes and she fired up and died. Tried it again and it started up and stayed on. Was fine going slow but when I got going to about 10MPH or faster the truck would sputter and jerk ridiculously. Especially if I hit the gas hard it jerk really bad, weird thing about that is if I rev it in park or neutral it revs completely fine no sputter or anything. Can anyone tell me whats going on?

 

Sounds like you aren't getting fuel. When's the last time you changed your fuel filter?

Under neutral/park there is really no load on the engine so that's why it's fine, but when you ask it to move the 5500 lbs of truck then it gets mad.

 

yeah IDK when the last time I changed it was. How much is that gonna run me?

 

Takes about 5 min and a $10 part

 

if you do change the fuel filter be gentle with the plastic clip, broke mine off. $23 plastic clip from Ford

 

id say start with fuel filter...hopefully not pump

 

Make sure you use Metal ac line removal tools, not the plastic. Few bucks at autozone.

 

there is something wrong with my power steering also so I will prolly just have my buddy do the fuel filter while its in for that. I have a broken foot from a motorcycle accident I was in so its hard for me to work on my truck

 

Sorry to hear that John.
Get well soon.

 

thanks man