purple_fluffer
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I have a '99 ranger 4cyl, runs great, haven't done anything to it lately to make it do this so I don't know why it's doing this.
drove to a 7-11 no problems. started it to go home, that's when the problems started.
starts fine, idles fine, but anything to do with the gas pedal being pushed down, it has no power at all, except it revs by itself over and over up to where the gas pedal is. by the way it sounds, people think I'm doing that. but I'm not doing that, it's doing it itself. I'm just holding down the gas pedal.
push it down halfway: mmrRrmmrRrmmrRrrmmmm
push it down all the way: mMRRARRMmmMRRARRMmmMRRARRMmm
that's all how the gas pedal functions, nothing else. I can't get it to do anything different. either that or idle.
so when I actually put it in gear, I can't barely get going in 1st I have to work the clutch to keep it from dying, I have to floor it and work the clutch to get the truck moving anywhere, when it's fully engaged the whole truck keeps bucking like I'm trying to break the driveshaft. same for all gears.
I figured out once I get past 2nd, I can dump it in the next gear and just floor it while massively short-shifting (20mph for 3d, 30mph for 4th, 45mph for 5th) because it has little power, so it gets up to a few rpm's before it starts bucking again, and then on to the next gear and do the same thing.
put it in neutral and let it idle while coasting, the motor purrs like a kitten.
got it to the auto parts store, they connected a diagnostics thing to it, shows no error code. that sort of rules out electrical problems or a broken sensor. checked the fuses, all good.
I'm leaning towards some kind of mechanical problem that wouldn't make an error code, but I don't know what. gas cap wasn't making a vapor lock.
right now it's sitting in the driveway, may be able to make it to a mechanic but not going to try anywhere else. I'm stuck.
it was running beautiful, like always, right up to when this started. so it wasn't a gradual problem.
I just don't know. anybody know?
drove to a 7-11 no problems. started it to go home, that's when the problems started.
starts fine, idles fine, but anything to do with the gas pedal being pushed down, it has no power at all, except it revs by itself over and over up to where the gas pedal is. by the way it sounds, people think I'm doing that. but I'm not doing that, it's doing it itself. I'm just holding down the gas pedal.
push it down halfway: mmrRrmmrRrmmrRrrmmmm
push it down all the way: mMRRARRMmmMRRARRMmmMRRARRMmm
that's all how the gas pedal functions, nothing else. I can't get it to do anything different. either that or idle.
so when I actually put it in gear, I can't barely get going in 1st I have to work the clutch to keep it from dying, I have to floor it and work the clutch to get the truck moving anywhere, when it's fully engaged the whole truck keeps bucking like I'm trying to break the driveshaft. same for all gears.
I figured out once I get past 2nd, I can dump it in the next gear and just floor it while massively short-shifting (20mph for 3d, 30mph for 4th, 45mph for 5th) because it has little power, so it gets up to a few rpm's before it starts bucking again, and then on to the next gear and do the same thing.
put it in neutral and let it idle while coasting, the motor purrs like a kitten.
got it to the auto parts store, they connected a diagnostics thing to it, shows no error code. that sort of rules out electrical problems or a broken sensor. checked the fuses, all good.
I'm leaning towards some kind of mechanical problem that wouldn't make an error code, but I don't know what. gas cap wasn't making a vapor lock.
right now it's sitting in the driveway, may be able to make it to a mechanic but not going to try anywhere else. I'm stuck.
it was running beautiful, like always, right up to when this started. so it wasn't a gradual problem.
I just don't know. anybody know?