Wicked_Sludge
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- Joined
- Aug 6, 2007
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- Age
- 38
- Location
- Westport, WA
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 3-point-GO
- Transmission
- Manual
filled the ranger up today and my girlfriend and i went out exploring a few back roads. upon coming back into town, we were accelerating into traffic when the truck just quit..like someone had yanked the key from the ignition. got it pulled over and after some tinkering, hit the schraider valve on the fuel rail, the green mixture that spewed forth could hardly be considered fuel. after some cycling the key and cranking the motor, my fuel pressure slowly died off to nothing. i can still hear the pump running, but it sounds labored (clogged), and im getting nothing but air to the fuel rail now.
now for the funny part: the truck died in downtown (right in front of my ex-employer no less) and i wasnt comfortable leaving it there over night. so after riding the bus home (yuck), we brought the red escort into town to...you guessed it...tow the ranger to a safer local. it was only 1/2-3/4 mile to the shop where i work, but we got quite a few slack-jawed stares on our way through downtown, escort in the lead.
got the truck shoved into a safer parking spot for now. will hopefully siphon the tank tomorrow to see just how bad it is. will drop the tank within the next few days to flush the fuel system and fill with clean fuel. hopefully i wont be in for a set of injectors as well (you can bet safeway will be buying me another tank of fuel).
-sludge out.
now for the funny part: the truck died in downtown (right in front of my ex-employer no less) and i wasnt comfortable leaving it there over night. so after riding the bus home (yuck), we brought the red escort into town to...you guessed it...tow the ranger to a safer local. it was only 1/2-3/4 mile to the shop where i work, but we got quite a few slack-jawed stares on our way through downtown, escort in the lead.
got the truck shoved into a safer parking spot for now. will hopefully siphon the tank tomorrow to see just how bad it is. will drop the tank within the next few days to flush the fuel system and fill with clean fuel. hopefully i wont be in for a set of injectors as well (you can bet safeway will be buying me another tank of fuel).
-sludge out.