2002 help
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2002 help
Hello
Left last weekend pulling my trailer and about 1200 lbs of bronze lions. Drove 3 1/2 hours to Lynchburg Va with no problem. Left there and started into the mountains heading to Indianapolis. Truck started missing like the whole engine was cutting out for 1/2 a seconds. Made it about 2 hours and it got worse, missing and back firing in the engine, no engine light came on. parked it and came back a day later, drove it 2 hours back to Lynchburg and didn't miss a beat. Hooked up the trailer and drove back to Suffolk with no issues other than not as much power up the steep hills as what I thought there should be. Made it 3 miles from the house and if I let up on the pedal it lost power and was hesitating getting power.
Took it to the shop, no codes and they could not find a problem. They think the fuel pump is getting hot and loosing volume. I replaced the fuel pump last year with the best one I could buy from o'Rileys.
Any thoughts?
Left last weekend pulling my trailer and about 1200 lbs of bronze lions. Drove 3 1/2 hours to Lynchburg Va with no problem. Left there and started into the mountains heading to Indianapolis. Truck started missing like the whole engine was cutting out for 1/2 a seconds. Made it about 2 hours and it got worse, missing and back firing in the engine, no engine light came on. parked it and came back a day later, drove it 2 hours back to Lynchburg and didn't miss a beat. Hooked up the trailer and drove back to Suffolk with no issues other than not as much power up the steep hills as what I thought there should be. Made it 3 miles from the house and if I let up on the pedal it lost power and was hesitating getting power.
Took it to the shop, no codes and they could not find a problem. They think the fuel pump is getting hot and loosing volume. I replaced the fuel pump last year with the best one I could buy from o'Rileys.
Any thoughts?
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Fuel pump will only overheat if you always keep your fuel level low. The stupid fuel pump is using liquid gasoline as coolant to dissipate heat. When the fuel is low will get hot faster because fuel pump is pumping to much fuel for the injectors, excess fuel absorbs heat from the fuel rail and goes back to the fuel tank.