- Joined
- Aug 8, 2007
- Messages
- 4,416
- Reaction score
- 36
- Points
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- Age
- 35
- Location
- Battle Ground WA
- Vehicle Year
- 88-95
- Make / Model
- Ford-Dodge
- Engine Size
- 4.0-5.2 Turbo
- Transmission
- Manual
Well last weekend I wen to drive my rig up the long road that goes up larch mountain to go shooting. I get to the top and pull off on the dirt road where I wanted to go and my rig started missing, so I turned around and headed to my buddies house only a couple minutes away, it started missing really bad, had to use 1st gear to make it run. I got there and called my dad, we both agreed it sounded like a fuel filter problem since Ive had the rig over 1.5 years and never changed it. He brought me a used one that was in our parts rig (for temporary use, though it looked pretty fresh) and I changed it. The old one had some nasty black fuel in it. I fired it up and took off as fast as I could and it was fine and has been fine for a few days. Now today I go up to go shooting again and on the first big hill I got behind a propane truck which was behind a garbage truck that was stopping every 20 feet... So I was on the hill for a few minutes, once we got to the top of the first hill it started missing again just like it did before. I pulled into my other buddies driveway who lives further down than my other buddy and shut it off for a few minutes, started it and drove back down the hill, into town and back home with no problems... Im thinking sediment in the tank is plugging the screen for the fuel pick-up in the tank... I can hear the fuel pump on the frame rail prime when I turn the key on. The first time it had a full tank of gs and the second time about 1/4 tank. Any other ideas?