A few weeks ago, he called me to tell me that the truck had broken down on the way to school. He said it had stalled out and he managed to get it to school and park it. I should say that the fuel gauge is not working so he was to be monitoring his mileage to know when to fill up. He assured me that he should have plenty of gas, so I tried to troubleshoot from there. I replaced the fuel filter and eventually found out that the only problem had been that the fuel was empty. Put a few gallons of gas in it and he was up and running.
A week later he calls me again. The truck has stalled out on him on the way home, but he managed to restart it and get home. That night I took it for a drive myself.
It started up fine, though it seemed the idle was a little off, maybe a little low. I made it about a half mile in my drive before the engine just quit, like the truck had stalled out. There was actually a backfire when I tried to goose the accelerator.
My mechanic skills and knowledge are not that great, but I do have tools and a manual and will try things I think I can do, but I could not figure what the problem was. Couldn't even tell if the problem was electrical or fuel, both seemed likely.
My father, a former truck mechanic, suggested that perhaps a fuel line was sucking air. But the fuel lines from both ends of the filter are hard plastic lines with a rubber sleeve around them. There are quick connect fixtures on either end to the filter. I did take the filter back down and examine the lines, finding no evidence of cracks or leaking visually.
I'm just not sure what even to check, or if I'm to the point where I just need to suck it up and take it to a garage. Could use some help or advice.
I should tell you that the engine is fuel injection, carburator-less system. I have no experience with engines that have no carburator.
Thanks.
Bill
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009 AT 11:26 AM
