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What's wrong with my truck?
1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? Thanks. |
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If it is fuel injected a scan will pinpont the problem, if carbureted, there
a quite a few possibilities for an over rich condition. This truck can be tough to work on because of the engine location, trust this to a qualified tech. "Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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If it is fuel injected a scan will pinpont the problem, if carbureted, there
a quite a few possibilities for an over rich condition. This truck can be tough to work on because of the engine location, trust this to a qualified tech. "Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. > > -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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"Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. One easy thing to check is the air intake, I've seen birds completely plug these with their nests to the point where the truck would barely run at all. And this is the season for bird nests. ;-) |
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"Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. One easy thing to check is the air intake, I've seen birds completely plug these with their nests to the point where the truck would barely run at all. And this is the season for bird nests. ;-) |
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MAYBE start by inspecting the air filter....
"Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. > > |
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MAYBE start by inspecting the air filter....
"Veronica Thomas" > wrote in message ... > > > 1989 Dodge Power Ram 100 > > 116,000.00 miles. Automatic. V8 engine. My husband and I bought this truck > a couple of months ago. It has black smoke coming out of it when you give > it gas and it stalls going up hill. Any ideas what could be wrong with it > before I go into a garage and have them rake me over the coals? > > Thanks. > > |
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