Weird engine power loss
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Weird engine power loss
I have a 97 Fleetwood pace arrow vision on a Ford F53 chassis. Engine is the 460 gas.
I'm getting a lot of dieseling and after about 2 hours of driving the engine looses power. I can't get over 2k rpms without the engine bucking and the check engine light comes on (OBD-1) If I stop, turn the engine off, wait a minute than start it back up all is well again though for how long cares from time to time.
I know the timing is off as when I got it the hold down bolt was loose, i set it as best i can but because of the dog house design i cant see the timing marks any advice.on how to rectify that issue would also help.
like I said this, even though its a 97 is still OBD 1.
Fuel tank and pump are new 80 gallon tank and fomoco sourced in tank pump (2023)
mileage is 33,576
I'm getting a lot of dieseling and after about 2 hours of driving the engine looses power. I can't get over 2k rpms without the engine bucking and the check engine light comes on (OBD-1) If I stop, turn the engine off, wait a minute than start it back up all is well again though for how long cares from time to time.
I know the timing is off as when I got it the hold down bolt was loose, i set it as best i can but because of the dog house design i cant see the timing marks any advice.on how to rectify that issue would also help.
like I said this, even though its a 97 is still OBD 1.
Fuel tank and pump are new 80 gallon tank and fomoco sourced in tank pump (2023)
mileage is 33,576
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Did it do this before you replaced the tank and pump?
I moved your other thread to the engine forum.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ower-loss.html
I moved your other thread to the engine forum.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ower-loss.html
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Well I’m not the expert but since it resets it self when turned off I would guess it’s electrical.
I suppose there could be the outside chance that your getting a vacuum in the fuel system.
That would mean under that condition if you opened the filler cap the problem would go away but I would have thought that someone replaced the full cap with the new tank and pump. .
If it was mine, I would be looking at the ignition coil, electronic ignition module or a ECU going bad. Being a van chassis, that distributor module and coil are going to get hot. In the 87-96 trucks the capacitors go bad in the ECU and create running issues.
I suppose there could be the outside chance that your getting a vacuum in the fuel system.
That would mean under that condition if you opened the filler cap the problem would go away but I would have thought that someone replaced the full cap with the new tank and pump. .
If it was mine, I would be looking at the ignition coil, electronic ignition module or a ECU going bad. Being a van chassis, that distributor module and coil are going to get hot. In the 87-96 trucks the capacitors go bad in the ECU and create running issues.
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