justaworktruck
Registered User
So just purchased a 1992 7.3 1 ton a while ago. Great truck for what I paid for it, however it has been giving me a weird issue lately.
It rolls far too much coal when driving normally, seems like someone has turned up the fuel on this truck, but not sure....but anyways the problem is when going up a hill in a lower gear getting close to redline it will all of a sudden start puking out GOBS of black smoke, literally making the road behind me disappear, and when taking my foot off the pedal it continues to rev up way past redline. The only way I manage to get it under control is to shut the key off and than back on, and after playing with the throttle a little it will start to get back to idle. Once at idle it is rough for about a minute, but eventually it gets back to normal and I can drive off as though nothing happened.
Am from the cummins world and therefor know nothing about these ford diesels. But to me it seems like a partial fuel runaway, and am curious to see what you all think. Am not against putting in a new fuel injection pump, but would like to see if it is a problem I can fix without throwing a pile of money at it.
Thanks for any help you can lend.
Cheers
It rolls far too much coal when driving normally, seems like someone has turned up the fuel on this truck, but not sure....but anyways the problem is when going up a hill in a lower gear getting close to redline it will all of a sudden start puking out GOBS of black smoke, literally making the road behind me disappear, and when taking my foot off the pedal it continues to rev up way past redline. The only way I manage to get it under control is to shut the key off and than back on, and after playing with the throttle a little it will start to get back to idle. Once at idle it is rough for about a minute, but eventually it gets back to normal and I can drive off as though nothing happened.
Am from the cummins world and therefor know nothing about these ford diesels. But to me it seems like a partial fuel runaway, and am curious to see what you all think. Am not against putting in a new fuel injection pump, but would like to see if it is a problem I can fix without throwing a pile of money at it.
Thanks for any help you can lend.
Cheers