Deadkid9110
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- Mitchell, SD
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
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- Ford
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- 2.8l V6
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- Manual
1989 Chevrolet K2500, 350 TBI
Ok, so I was driving home from Burger King (My Guilty Pleasure) and my truck randomly died. I went to accelerate and nothing happened. The RPM's just slowly lowered, everything was still running (such as lights, CD Player, Etc) but the engine pretty much just stalled out.
I pulled off into a parking lot and put my truck in Park. Started up the truck, no problem starting it. I put it in drive and started driving off, and when it got to about 1300 RPM, it cut out, backfired really loud, and then kept driving. I pretty much idled home (which was luckily only 1 block away) and let the truck sit for a while.
I went to drive it the other day and it did the same thing. It cut out, backfired, then kept driving unless I drove it to about 1300 RPM in 3rd gear.
Does anyone know what might be causing this?
Background information that I don't have time to organize, so I'm just throwing it into one catagory:
- It doesn't do this when it's just starting up. Only when the temp hits ideal operating temperature (about ~170, give or take).
- It's done this before. I usually drive my truck in Overdrive, so I don't have to worry about RPM's being too high. It does this once I drive it, not in over drive, at about 2000 RPM's in Second gear for too long. That's why when it does it in Overdrive (Low RPM's in 3rd gear instead of High RPM's in Second gear), I'm kind of surprised.
- I have no O2 sensors, or Catalytic Converter. I think that might mess up the Fuel Ratio?
- I added Valvoline Fuel Injector + Intake Valve Cleaner to this full tank of gas. I had to use two bottles to treat all 34 gallons of gas I added. (I dont know if this is related or not, but it's worth throwing out there).
- Spark plugs look fine. They show a little wear, but not too much for being drove for about 5 - 7k miles that I've put on the truck since I bought it.
any other needed information can be provided. Thank you!
Ok, so I was driving home from Burger King (My Guilty Pleasure) and my truck randomly died. I went to accelerate and nothing happened. The RPM's just slowly lowered, everything was still running (such as lights, CD Player, Etc) but the engine pretty much just stalled out.
I pulled off into a parking lot and put my truck in Park. Started up the truck, no problem starting it. I put it in drive and started driving off, and when it got to about 1300 RPM, it cut out, backfired really loud, and then kept driving. I pretty much idled home (which was luckily only 1 block away) and let the truck sit for a while.
I went to drive it the other day and it did the same thing. It cut out, backfired, then kept driving unless I drove it to about 1300 RPM in 3rd gear.
Does anyone know what might be causing this?
Background information that I don't have time to organize, so I'm just throwing it into one catagory:
- It doesn't do this when it's just starting up. Only when the temp hits ideal operating temperature (about ~170, give or take).
- It's done this before. I usually drive my truck in Overdrive, so I don't have to worry about RPM's being too high. It does this once I drive it, not in over drive, at about 2000 RPM's in Second gear for too long. That's why when it does it in Overdrive (Low RPM's in 3rd gear instead of High RPM's in Second gear), I'm kind of surprised.
- I have no O2 sensors, or Catalytic Converter. I think that might mess up the Fuel Ratio?
- I added Valvoline Fuel Injector + Intake Valve Cleaner to this full tank of gas. I had to use two bottles to treat all 34 gallons of gas I added. (I dont know if this is related or not, but it's worth throwing out there).
- Spark plugs look fine. They show a little wear, but not too much for being drove for about 5 - 7k miles that I've put on the truck since I bought it.
any other needed information can be provided. Thank you!
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