Trouble with a 2001 4.2L XL
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Trouble with a 2001 4.2L XL
My 2001 4.2L has developed a problem over the last few weeks, when you go to start out, and you need to use alot of torque from the engine, like towing, starting out (1st gear), and passing/moderate acceleration, the engine will stutter, almost like it's my first week driving a manual transmission, I think that it might be the clutch slipping under the torque, because I am known for some spirited driving, but then I though maybe it was the engine misfiring, has anyone experienced this before, please let me know, what you think it might be. -Dave-
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does your truck skip while you take off in 1st gear some of the time and, if is a man. transmission, does if start to miss if you put a load on the engine like trying to go up a hill in overdrive? if so, my truck has been doing this since i bought it 12,000 miles ago and i still haven't been able to fix it.
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Maybe thats it
Ok Racerguy, the plugs, and fuel filter have about 84000 miles on it, clutch was replaced at 53000 miles, ran over a volvo (long story) Nascar, yes thats exactly what it is doing, if i take the tranny out of gear the engine revs, and runs smooth as silk, but put it in gear with a load on it and it skips badly, almost like a bad clutch, or misfiring.
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Oh yeah
Well I have to say, the new pugs and wires did the trick, the truck will pull hard like it used to with no skipping or jerking. I doo need to replace the clutch disc, pressure plate, ect. If I want to light those tires like I used to be able to. I'm looking at possibly supercharging it, and after that who knows. I just went and bought a new 250 SD, all tricked out. I finally had a good job to where I could afford my dream truck, i'll post a picture of the SD soon. Thanks for all your help.