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90' ranger prob.


dschott

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i started getting this problem. Like Ill turn on the '90 ford ranger it'll idle ok. but when I put it in drive or rev. and go about 10- 20 feet and it studders then dies but when i put it to neutral or park it'll do the same thing but it takes awhile to idle to normal. i just changed the spark plug and the wires, its timed pretty good and i just changed the fuel filter yesterday. it still does it, i have no idea whats going on. lately, i recently ran it out of fuel so maybe thats why i thought well maybe it suck up some junk an plugged the filter so i changed it. thank u guys for your time.
 
Engine type?
 
You have one already, actually. The check engine light on your dash works as a reader. You just need a paperclip or piece of wire to start the test.
 
i recently ran it out of fuel so maybe thats why i thought well maybe it suck up some junk an plugged the filter so i changed it. thank u guys for your time.

You cannot "suck up junk by running the tank empty, the pickup is at the bottom of the tank, so any "junk" is going to get sucked up first.

Infact after you fill the tank and drive the truck the ENTIRE volume of fuel in the tank is cycled through the fuel pump up through the lines, through the filter, through the fuel rail, back through the regulator & lines (again) then back to the tank. this happens every 35-40minutes....

As the fuel volume decreases the time it takes to pump it all around decreases, 40min for a ful 20gal tank, by the time you've pumped it around once you've burned off two gallons (or more) and next time around you only have 17gal to pump

only a small percentage of the fuel pumped actually gets used by
the engine... this is not to say that everything is "right"

the symptoms actually sound like something I've experienced before
between the pump itself and the pickup unit that it is part of there is
a short, 2inch or so, lenght of hose that couples the pump to the metal pickup tube.

Over time this hose deteriorates and I've had several suffer
"ruptured aneurisms" and much of the fuel being pumped
blows back into the tank instead of up the fuel line

Most recently I had the hose between the pump and pickup in
my in-bad tank blow out, sounds bad but a pressurized fuel leak
inside the tank is about the safest place for a pressure leak.

And previous to that I had this happen to my Aerostar
And running it behaved just as you describe your truck.

I was thinking dead or dying pump, not $0.32 worth of rubber
EFI fuel line.

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well i came across some codes one of them were lean fuel ?!?!?! i checked the fuel pressure and it read around 30- 35 around there the engine still has the problem any more ppl have anymore ideas??? possible injection problems??
 
13 Cannot control rpm during KOER Self-Test low rpm check.

34 EVP voltage above closed limit.

77 Brief WOT not sensed during Self-Test / Operator error.

41 No HO2S switch detected (right HO2S).
 
wow omg thats not what the sheet i was given said wtf ill go run this again srry guys
 
that is just what i got off line here is what the OBD-I Diagnostic Trouble Code section on here says

13
(O) ISC did not respond properly (extends to touch throttle then retracts for KOEO) - ISC
(R) Idle Speed Control motor or Air Bypass not controlling idle properly (generally idle too high)

34
EVP - (R) EGR did not respond properly during test - EVP
EVR - (O, R, M) EVP sensor is/was high - EVR
PFE - (O, R, M) PFE sensor is/was out of range - PFE

77
System did not receive "goose" test - see TESTS

41
(R) System lean - Fuel control
(M) System was lean for 15 seconds or more (no HO2S switching) - Fuel control




(O) = Key On Engine Off test

(R) = Key On Engine Running test

(M) = Memory code
 
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