I have a 93 PU with a TBI 350 and I am having problems with it dying taking off from a stop. You have to crank it over with your foot into it till it starts and it belches black smoke. The truck has burned up a catalytic converter every year. We took the truck to a mechanic a few months ago and he said the only problem he can find was a plugged catalytic converter. We told him we just replace the catalytic converter recently, and the muffler guy told us the truck is burning up catalytic converter because the truck is running rich which sound about right because the POS is FLOODING OUT. Miraculousaly the truck only runs good when it’s at the mechanic. We told him to take another look at it and he told us the truck is fine but has other problems not related to it dying. THE TRUCK DOES NOT GIVE OFF ANY TROUBLE CODES, so don’t bother asking. BTW the last sentence was in caps so you couldn’t miss it. We had this problem 2 years ago and a different mechanic a replaced the coil and the problem went away temporary.
Last weekend, my bother called me and told me the truck would not start and he was stranded in a parking lot. I went over there and could get the truck started, so I had it towed home. I was trying to pull codes and got nothing. I tried starting it to see if any new codes would come up but the damn POS started.
Anyway I going to go outside and start working on it. Any advice to where to start would be greatly appreciated.
Last weekend, my bother called me and told me the truck would not start and he was stranded in a parking lot. I went over there and could get the truck started, so I had it towed home. I was trying to pull codes and got nothing. I tried starting it to see if any new codes would come up but the damn POS started.
Anyway I going to go outside and start working on it. Any advice to where to start would be greatly appreciated.
