2000 Ford Ranger, 1,300+ miles

2000 FORD RANGER
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JSACCI
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I drove my truck around Saturday, and it worked perfectly, I didn't drive it Sunday, and I get up Monday morning for work, and while driving my Ranger stutters/putters, and kinda shakes, when I'm on the gas, it doesn't matter if I'm pressing hard, or soft, just whenever there is pressure applied to the gas. I get off work, i call my dad and ask him to follow me to a Midas or wherever, he said no, it's probably just a clog somewhere in the fuel line, or just unclean gas and to get some fuel/carberature (sp?) cleaner and put that stuff in. I bought some Sea Foam, and that helped a little bit. But it's still doing it. Should I just go ahead and take the truck into Midas? What could this problem be? And is it easily fixable (and semi-cheap), I know it could be a myriad of things. But I think it does have something to do with the gas line or the carberature.

I had a tune-up done last November, and just put on new rotars and brakes. And everything was fine at the time. It just randomly started doing this.

Thanks
Oct 31, 2007 at 6:50 PM
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BLACKOP555
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are you sure it is a carbureated engine? if so have it readjusted.
Oct 31, 2007 at 6:53 PM
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I'm actually not too sure if it is a carburated engine.
For the sake of argument, give me the low-down both ways, if it is, or isn't.

Also, I wouldn't mind if you went into specific details, I would like to know more about the vehicle and how things work. Thanks
Oct 31, 2007 at 6:55 PM
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with that year i would like to say its fuel injected. basically this is how things go. when the key is turned to on the fuel pump pumps fuel through the filter and to the fuel rail ( where hte injectors sit). then using information collected from the 02 sensors, MAF, MAP, IAC, TPS, VSS and it adjusts to the proper fuel to air mixture ratio to run most effiecently. if as much as one of them is bad it can comprimise your vehicles performance.

i would first start off with
Oct 31, 2007 at 8:11 PM
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