A dead cat possibly? That will keep rpms down.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle Vanditmars <kylevan@telus.net>
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
<dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Date: Thursday, May 01, 2003 11:15 PM
Subject: DML: Poor Start and Erratic Behaviour
>
>Argh...
>
>Damn truck is acting up on me. For a while now the starting hasn't been
>particularly strong. It will crank over kinda weak, and run, but often the
>first start in the morning will end with it stalling out. I then restart
>and tickle the throttle just a little to keep things fired, and it will
stay
>going. What on earth is causing this? I was thinking a dying battery
would
>be the cause of the weak crank, but why the stalling? Shouldn't the
>alternator have picked up the slack in the juice supply, especially because
>it doesn't stall until at least a few seconds after the initial cranking.
>
>Second, this morning when I fired it up, and I got everything running
>properly (it stalled out the first shot,) it did something REALLY strange.
>I backed out of the driveway, and took off down the road, but it wouldn't
>rev past ~2000RPM. I didn't notice it at first, because the road is kinda
>downhill and I take it easy on the throttle until things are warmed up, but
>then I have to climb a short but fairly steep hill out of my neighbourhood,
>and the thing had absolutely NO power. I noticed that it wouldn't rev any
>further than 2000, and I had it floored. I stopped to turn back to my
house
>and call in to work and tell them I was probably going to be late, if there
>at all. After I turned around, and headed back down the hill, the thing
>sprang to life, and everything was normal. I whipped back around and went
>to work. After work, the problem did not arise.
>
>Anyway, I don't know what the hell to do. Some suggestions would be much
>appreciated. One thing that sprang through my head was the words "fuel
>pump" but I dunno.
>
>
>
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