mudslut350
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so i believe this has been a slowly progressive problem that has finally left me stranded and calling a buddy for a tow. so the truck is a 97 250 7.3l psd. on occasion about once a week or so if i gave it a heavy pedal from a stop or passing a car really anything that bumped the rpm around 3k i would get a check engine light and the truck would have reduced power. not limping down the road reduced but noticeable lack of snappiness. once the truck is shut off and restarted the light stays off and the truck runs fine. ran diagnostics and nothing is stored on the computer so i have no codes to go with. that happened to me today and after a quick stop and getting back on the road the light was out but while i was cruising at around 60 and noticed i was gradually having to increase pedal to keep up speed until finally got to the floor and the truck would not go any faster. the trans would downshift and the engine would fall on its face and die. it would not immediately start again. after a minute or two of sitting swearing :***: and looking like a psyco on the side of the road i tried again. this time she started but was very rough. i gave her a few burps with the pedal to the floor but rpm would not go over 2500 but it was smoothe. made it to the gas station because i run wmo thought maybe some bad oil i put a few gallons of d2 in my front tank which was empty and switched to it. she seemed running fine but once i got on the road and a quarter mile same thing. called a buddy for a tow and he pulled me home. once home i pulled the fuel filter out and found a ton of gunk in the injector pressure regulator screen . cleaned it out and the truck runs and will stay running. now the problem is it feels as if it is running on 6 cylinders. still no warning lights at all during this whole ordeal. any help or info as to what the culpript may be would be greatly appreciated!