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- Oct 22, 2014
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- 181
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- Location
- Albuquerque NM
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ranger
- Engine Size
- 2.9 L
- Transmission
- Manual
Hi all, on my 89 2.9l I have a serious lack of power while going up a grade.
This weekend we went up to the mountains to get a tree. On every upgrade the truck seriously slowed down. As we got near our destination and the road got steeper I could barely maintain 20MPH in second gear. When we got to the top the truck died and was hard to restart. I started and with the throttle applied would run up to 2000RPM then slowly die. After this it would not restart until it sat for 5 min. It would then start and run for 15 sec then die away. (At this point I depressed the valve on the fuel rail and gas sprayed out)
After letting it sit for 1 hr while looking for a tree it started back up and seemed to be running OK again. The next problem was as we were coming down the hill the idle speed in neutral was 2100RPM, this makes for poor engine braking.
When I got back to town there is a 4 mile 2-3% upgrade, by the top I was at 35 MPH in third gear.
The truck runs great on the flats and downhill.
This seems to me to be a fuel supply issue and I have ordered a new filter.
This was on a full tank of gas and total round trip mileage was about 150.
Any other ideas on what might be the issue?
Thanks.
This weekend we went up to the mountains to get a tree. On every upgrade the truck seriously slowed down. As we got near our destination and the road got steeper I could barely maintain 20MPH in second gear. When we got to the top the truck died and was hard to restart. I started and with the throttle applied would run up to 2000RPM then slowly die. After this it would not restart until it sat for 5 min. It would then start and run for 15 sec then die away. (At this point I depressed the valve on the fuel rail and gas sprayed out)
After letting it sit for 1 hr while looking for a tree it started back up and seemed to be running OK again. The next problem was as we were coming down the hill the idle speed in neutral was 2100RPM, this makes for poor engine braking.
When I got back to town there is a 4 mile 2-3% upgrade, by the top I was at 35 MPH in third gear.
The truck runs great on the flats and downhill.
This seems to me to be a fuel supply issue and I have ordered a new filter.
This was on a full tank of gas and total round trip mileage was about 150.
Any other ideas on what might be the issue?
Thanks.
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