My 17 year old son drives a '96 f150 with a 300ci inline six.
Evidently, it developed a pin hole in one of the steel pipes that the heater hoses are connected to and pumped out most of the coolant. My son was oblivious to this until it cut off in a plume of steam.
I was hoping against hope that it was something simple. I checked the distributor gear, not sheared. I checked fuel pressure at the rail, plenty. I checked for spark, strong at the plug wire. I had the ICM tested, it failed at Auto zone and passed at OReilly.
What's next?
It will crank and crank without any sign of catching.
Thanks, Marc

Got any compression? excessive overheating will cook one bad enough that they won't have any. Are the injectors firing?

I haven't pulled the plugs to check for compression. I have fuel pressure at the rail, how can I find out if the injectors are firing?

03 Big Red said:

I haven't pulled the plugs to check for compression. I have fuel pressure at the rail, how can I find out if the injectors are firing?

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They make whats called "noid lights". They plug into the injector harness.