onetonjimmy
Registered Member
Howdy fellas- I need for ya'll to put your thinking hats on for this one..... I've got a military CUCV 1028 pick up that's my daily & only driver. I've driven it for a year and 10k miles now, with little to no problems. I do regular p.m.'s, and check under the hood regularly for any issues, since I have almost zero knowledge of diesels, but 35 yrs. experience with gas motors. Anyway, here goes: last Thursday, while driving home from work, I was approaching a traffic light, and as the truck geared down, I could tell that it was idling very slow; not shutting off, just very slow. Upon take off, there was so little power, an urban outdoorsman was able to outrun me across the intersection. Power picked up somewhat, after 25-30 mph, but still very weak, I barely made it over the overpass & r/r tracks and limped home. After reading, reading, and more reading, it sounded like either the lift pump was failing, or a clogged fuel filter. I bought and installed both Sat. using arveetechs sticky at the beginning of this forum- worked great!!!! It fired up on the second try, and ran great. I let it idle for probably 15-20 minutes. On Sunday, I drove all over the place, shut it off, started it back up, and did everything to mimic my drive to work. On Monday, (today) I drove it to work (approximately 15 miles), and about 5 miles from work, it started doing the same thing, except at 40-45 mph, where it seemed to run fine. I limped into work, and it stayed parked all day and cooled completely. This afternoon, I took the interstate home, thinking,ok, it seemed okay at 40-45, lets see what happens. Again, after about 10 miles, I could feel the loss of power, it would slow to about 35 on the "hills" and get back up to 45-50 on the "flats, then the gas pedal sucked itself down to the floor, and speed remained at 45ish. I figured I better come up with a plan for exiting the highway, so I threw it in neutral to see where the rpms are. I started to free rev, so I dropped it back in gear, shut it down, and pulled over. The gas pedal slowly raised back to its normal position, but the truck wouldn't run for more than a second, and then died. While waiting for a wrecker, as it cooled off, it would run longer, and still rough. By the time I got it home on the rollback, it had cooled off enough, that I backed it off the wrecker, and drove it under the carport. It's running rough, and I have no doubt that once it warms up again, the problem will reappear. WHAT THE !@#$% is it? I need to keep her going 'til the big block goes in at the end of the year. Any solutions???? suggestions?????????? thanks, Henry
