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'87 Ranger Super 2.9L - FIXED!
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My '87 Ranger Super is having some ... issues, each of which I seem to be knocking out one at a time as I can afford it. The current problem? Well, let's see if I can describe it.
When the truck gets hot, and seemingly only when driving around town, I have problems with the engine losing power. First, it sputters a little when you step on the gas... and as it progresses, it begins to chug and sound like a diesel, the truck violently vibrates, then it clears up for a second, then it starts losing power any time you step on the gas.
Before I replaced the ICM (TFI, as the article here called it), it would die completely and I'd have to wait anywhere between 20 and 30 minutes before it'd even start again.
I noticed another symptom when I went under the hood... every time, the fuel seemed to be coming out of the bleeder valve in spurts - it doesn't do this when the engine is running normally. After I first start it or have waited to be able to start it again, the fuel flows freely from the bleeder valve.
It's my understanding the fuel-injected engines don't vapor-lock, so I haven't tried the clothes pin method yet. I've also had the entire fuel system from the gas tank to the intake replaced (including filter)... however, it may also have a bit of bad gas in it that I used a stabilizer in to make sure it was at least more readily spent.
Spark plugs are clean, distributor and rotor are in good shape, and it's got a brand new ICM/TFI in it, wall-mounted. What could be going on?
Disregard the need for help! This has been resolved.
My '87 Ranger Super is having some ... issues, each of which I seem to be knocking out one at a time as I can afford it. The current problem? Well, let's see if I can describe it.
When the truck gets hot, and seemingly only when driving around town, I have problems with the engine losing power. First, it sputters a little when you step on the gas... and as it progresses, it begins to chug and sound like a diesel, the truck violently vibrates, then it clears up for a second, then it starts losing power any time you step on the gas.
Before I replaced the ICM (TFI, as the article here called it), it would die completely and I'd have to wait anywhere between 20 and 30 minutes before it'd even start again.
I noticed another symptom when I went under the hood... every time, the fuel seemed to be coming out of the bleeder valve in spurts - it doesn't do this when the engine is running normally. After I first start it or have waited to be able to start it again, the fuel flows freely from the bleeder valve.
It's my understanding the fuel-injected engines don't vapor-lock, so I haven't tried the clothes pin method yet. I've also had the entire fuel system from the gas tank to the intake replaced (including filter)... however, it may also have a bit of bad gas in it that I used a stabilizer in to make sure it was at least more readily spent.
Spark plugs are clean, distributor and rotor are in good shape, and it's got a brand new ICM/TFI in it, wall-mounted. What could be going on?
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