- Joined
- Sep 5, 2008
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- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Transmission
- Manual
Details: Ford Ranger w/ 2.3 liter overhead cam, manual trans.
Truck starts and runs fine, but engine goes dead (appears to be fuel starvation) after a mile or two. Let it sit a couple of minutes, and it restarts and then drives fine with no problems until it's allowed to sit for a couple of hours.
Fuel filter & pumps recently replaced, along with a new fuel tank, pick up assembly, etc.
Starting to really scratch my head on this one: Did a complete tune-up: New timing belt, distributor cap & rotor, ignition module, coil, plugs and wires, etc...
I drove it this weekend, and it went dead on me about a mile after I was on the road. Restarted five minutes later and ran fine the rest of the day, under a variety of load conditions.
Letting the truck sit and idle a few minutes before driving it in the morning seems to prevent stall from occuring.
When truck is running, it runs like a sewing machine. But this trouble with it going dead it driving me nuts, since this is my teenage daughter's truck.
So the problem is related to temperature: It occurs during initial warm-up. But for the life of me, I can't think of what could cause the truck to go dead like that; then, restart and run fine all day with no more problems.
Thoughts? Theories? Experiences?
-- Rick
Truck starts and runs fine, but engine goes dead (appears to be fuel starvation) after a mile or two. Let it sit a couple of minutes, and it restarts and then drives fine with no problems until it's allowed to sit for a couple of hours.
Fuel filter & pumps recently replaced, along with a new fuel tank, pick up assembly, etc.
Starting to really scratch my head on this one: Did a complete tune-up: New timing belt, distributor cap & rotor, ignition module, coil, plugs and wires, etc...
I drove it this weekend, and it went dead on me about a mile after I was on the road. Restarted five minutes later and ran fine the rest of the day, under a variety of load conditions.
Letting the truck sit and idle a few minutes before driving it in the morning seems to prevent stall from occuring.
When truck is running, it runs like a sewing machine. But this trouble with it going dead it driving me nuts, since this is my teenage daughter's truck.
So the problem is related to temperature: It occurs during initial warm-up. But for the life of me, I can't think of what could cause the truck to go dead like that; then, restart and run fine all day with no more problems.
Thoughts? Theories? Experiences?
-- Rick
Good to hear you figured it out...
