2.3 woes

[schlutzer]

Okay so my truck has recently had a lot of issues that i have since fixed it has:

All new vaccum lines

new fuel and air filters

new in tank fuel pump

fresh gas

spark plugs/wires

distributor cap/rotor

I have good compression 150psi on each cylinder

but when I drive it sucks, NO power. When I start the truck its fine normal power and only a slight hesitation when you rev it, for about a minute then its horrible. Also if I hold the revs at what should be ~1500 it goes up and down from 1300-1600, will do that no matter where I'm holding the pedal but idles totally normal at 900

If I take it up high in the rpm before the shift it sputters and backfires for a minute and i have to take it out of gear. but other than that it just has no power.

also after driving if i stand right by the drivers door I can smell gas. but there are no leaks, the tank isn't leaking either as I had the bed off to change the pump and checked about 5 times.


I've done sooo much work to this truck I just want it running good again! Sorry for the long post! And its an 88 2.3 5spd
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[fishon91]

did you do the vacuum lines yourself? are you positive you put everything back right? have you ckecked the fuel lines? they may have a leak.