CzyRanger
Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2019
- Messages
- 61
- Reaction score
- 10
- Points
- 8
- Location
- North Carolina
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hi Fellas!
New to the group here. Was recommended by a friend of mine. Okay... Where to start... I bought a 88 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 2.9 and upon driving it home I realized that after driving for about 3 miles it would lose power... Back fire and go about a Max of 35 while floored. I would pull it over and let it cool for about ten minutes and then it went back to doing the same thing after about another 2-3 miles. So the guy who owned it replaced the fuel pump and all in the tank which he cut a hole in the bed and I can see it's new. So I ran a fuel pressure test on it and am at 40 PSI with the key on engine off. At idle I'm at about 32 PSI. I replaced the high pressure pump... The filter. Also replaced the distributor and ignition control module and timed it before I did the fuel pressure test. Anyway... All this with no change to the fuel psi. Today I removed the black canister fuel filter on the rail behind the high pressure fuel pump and it had no filter in it. I'm really at a loss as to what to do at this point. The one thing that I feel I can safely say is that the loss of power etc. doesn't happen again until she is warmed up. I also did unplug the vacuum line on the fuel pressure regulator and it went to 40 PSI idling and was steady even when reving. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks fellas!
New to the group here. Was recommended by a friend of mine. Okay... Where to start... I bought a 88 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 2.9 and upon driving it home I realized that after driving for about 3 miles it would lose power... Back fire and go about a Max of 35 while floored. I would pull it over and let it cool for about ten minutes and then it went back to doing the same thing after about another 2-3 miles. So the guy who owned it replaced the fuel pump and all in the tank which he cut a hole in the bed and I can see it's new. So I ran a fuel pressure test on it and am at 40 PSI with the key on engine off. At idle I'm at about 32 PSI. I replaced the high pressure pump... The filter. Also replaced the distributor and ignition control module and timed it before I did the fuel pressure test. Anyway... All this with no change to the fuel psi. Today I removed the black canister fuel filter on the rail behind the high pressure fuel pump and it had no filter in it. I'm really at a loss as to what to do at this point. The one thing that I feel I can safely say is that the loss of power etc. doesn't happen again until she is warmed up. I also did unplug the vacuum line on the fuel pressure regulator and it went to 40 PSI idling and was steady even when reving. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks fellas!