Chrus
Newbie
Hey all,
New to the forums. Former Ford Ranger junkie who just bought a 1989 Chevy C3500 Cheyenne dually dump. 350 gas motor, 4 speed stick.
I love this truck, but I'm having some issues and unfortunately I know very little about these older Chevy trucks.
Here's what's going on:
It drove beautifully home from where I bought it, ~40 minute drive. Nothing funky at all.
Gas tank very near empty, so two days after getting it home I put 12 gallons or so in, after not driving it since getting it home.
Drove great to get gas, but on the way home it choked up and lost power and started running like poop and wanted to quit real bad unless I gave it a LOT of throttle. It felt like I was running it out of gas, which is not possible, given how much I put in and how far I went.
Now it doesn't really want to stay running, and generally just runs poorly. Still has no power and wants to stall out. I had it running for a few minutes in the garage earlier today, and it kept revving up and down on its own, very much how my old ranger used to act when the Idle Air Control was bad.
Background on this truck: the owner before me had it three years and it literally sat in his yard during that time and he put less than 2 miles on it.
It had an electric plow frame that had an electric fire once and a lot of the wiring was replaced by former owner, very clean looking work.
Prior to him owning it, it just sat in a parking lot year round and plowed said lot in the winter.
Do you guys have any immediate thoughts on what could be wrong?
I plan on replacing the fuel lines from the tank to the engine bay, plus the filter, because the lines are awfully corroded and wet in spots, I doubt that's related but I'm sure its not doing the truck any favors. I thought maybe the filter got plugged and its fuel starved but I'm starting to think there's something wrong with the TBI.
Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated...
New to the forums. Former Ford Ranger junkie who just bought a 1989 Chevy C3500 Cheyenne dually dump. 350 gas motor, 4 speed stick.
I love this truck, but I'm having some issues and unfortunately I know very little about these older Chevy trucks.
Here's what's going on:
It drove beautifully home from where I bought it, ~40 minute drive. Nothing funky at all.
Gas tank very near empty, so two days after getting it home I put 12 gallons or so in, after not driving it since getting it home.
Drove great to get gas, but on the way home it choked up and lost power and started running like poop and wanted to quit real bad unless I gave it a LOT of throttle. It felt like I was running it out of gas, which is not possible, given how much I put in and how far I went.
Now it doesn't really want to stay running, and generally just runs poorly. Still has no power and wants to stall out. I had it running for a few minutes in the garage earlier today, and it kept revving up and down on its own, very much how my old ranger used to act when the Idle Air Control was bad.
Background on this truck: the owner before me had it three years and it literally sat in his yard during that time and he put less than 2 miles on it.
It had an electric plow frame that had an electric fire once and a lot of the wiring was replaced by former owner, very clean looking work.
Prior to him owning it, it just sat in a parking lot year round and plowed said lot in the winter.
Do you guys have any immediate thoughts on what could be wrong?
I plan on replacing the fuel lines from the tank to the engine bay, plus the filter, because the lines are awfully corroded and wet in spots, I doubt that's related but I'm sure its not doing the truck any favors. I thought maybe the filter got plugged and its fuel starved but I'm starting to think there's something wrong with the TBI.
Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated...