Help! truck RPM wont go past 2500 rpm - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Hooter · 12-31-2002, 04:45 AM

Kinda Off topic but I am furious! I was driving my Ford home (1981 f150 6 cyl) in the worst snow storm imaginable, I couldnt see three feet in front of me. Going about 70 km/h when suddenly the truck starts to misfire really badly, I mean you step on the gas all the way and all it does is spudder and the rpm would not go above 2800 rpm. Could I be getting air in the fuel, is my coil bad is that stupid little gay ignition box messing me around? Btw I almost died because I had no power brakes or power steering, There is a god because I prayed to him to get me home safely

72addict · 12-31-2002, 07:14 AM

If the temperature was near freezing, your carburator was probably icing up. Does your truck run better now? Check carb for icing. My friends FORD did the same thing. Runs real bad when iced up. He would shut truck off for 5-10 minutes and the latent heat from the motor would melt the ice. Then he'd start it up and drive for a while longer. This is one reason fuel injection rules!

68 Suburban · 12-31-2002, 07:31 AM

Clogged/Frozen fuel filter

skyhawk1 · 12-31-2002, 07:38 AM

Hmm, I got carb ice once while flying my Cessna 172 back from NC, just pulled the carb heat knob. Maybe Ford should install carb heat on their trucks. Just a thought.

Hooter · 12-31-2002, 03:47 PM

Yup my carb froze up on me last night! Looks like Im gonna have to put insulation on the grille. I did notice the venturies looked like they were covered in frost.

RACING29 · 12-31-2002, 04:16 PM

THE key word in that statement is FORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yellow Cheyenne · 12-31-2002, 06:30 PM

Don't take it that I like F@rds, but the key word is probably "cold". I don't know what the temp was in Vancouver, but I saw on the news that the temp in parts of Alaska was -38 F. Burrrr!!!!!!!!!

Hooter · 12-31-2002, 06:38 PM

Yeesh. I drive the ford because it's good on gas and it's a 4x4. I don't like owning a Ford but, this is the first trouble I have had with it. I put the insulator on the grille and already noticed a big difference

12-31-2002, 04:45 AM	#1
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	Help! truck RPM wont go past 2500 rpm Kinda Off topic but I am furious! I was driving my Ford home (1981 f150 6 cyl) in the worst snow storm imaginable, I couldnt see three feet in front of me. Going about 70 km/h when suddenly the truck starts to misfire really badly, I mean you step on the gas all the way and all it does is spudder and the rpm would not go above 2800 rpm. Could I be getting air in the fuel, is my coil bad is that stupid little gay ignition box messing me around? Btw I almost died because I had no power brakes or power steering, There is a god because I prayed to him to get me home safely __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

12-31-2002, 07:14 AM	#2
72addict Registered User Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Mason MI, 48854 (strikezone of the mitten) Posts: 894	If the temperature was near freezing, your carburator was probably icing up. Does your truck run better now? Check carb for icing. My friends FORD did the same thing. Runs real bad when iced up. He would shut truck off for 5-10 minutes and the latent heat from the motor would melt the ice. Then he'd start it up and drive for a while longer. This is one reason fuel injection rules! __________________ 1957 Cameo

12-31-2002, 07:38 AM	#4
skyhawk1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Oceana WV USA Posts: 184	Hmm, I got carb ice once while flying my Cessna 172 back from NC, just pulled the carb heat knob. Maybe Ford should install carb heat on their trucks. Just a thought. __________________ "The World's a Mess"! 71 C-10 72 Suburban 2WD Oceana, West Virginia

12-31-2002, 03:47 PM	#5
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	Yup my carb froze up on me last night! Looks like Im gonna have to put insulation on the grille. I did notice the venturies looked like they were covered in frost. __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

12-31-2002, 04:16 PM	#6
RACING29 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee, Morristown Posts: 355	THE key word in that statement is FORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 1967 Chevy truck, R1 racing seats, 4 point racing harness, 4/6 drop, primered blue, soon to be shaved, 350- 060. over, flat top pistons, Eagle rods, Edelbrock Aluminum heads, 1.5 Scorpion roller rockers, Lunati 515" cam, mallory ignition, Holley 750 double pumper carb, Built 350 turbo trans, 2500-2800 boss hog stall, 20 gallon aluminum fuel cell!!!

12-31-2002, 07:31 AM	#3
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	Clogged/Frozen fuel filter

12-31-2002, 06:30 PM	#7
Yellow Cheyenne Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Eastern Kansas Posts: 488	Don't take it that I like F@rds, but the key word is probably "cold". I don't know what the temp was in Vancouver, but I saw on the news that the temp in parts of Alaska was -38 F. Burrrr!!!!!!!!! __________________ '72 Cheyenne. AC, PS, PB, Rear slider window, tilt. Light yellow (grapefruit yellow according to new sales literature from '72) '56 Chevy short step V-8 (My dad bought it new!!) '70 Olds 442 convertible '70 Olds Rallye 350

12-31-2002, 06:38 PM	#8
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	Yeesh. I drive the ford because it's good on gas and it's a 4x4. I don't like owning a Ford but, this is the first trouble I have had with it. I put the insulator on the grille and already noticed a big difference __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life



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