mtltemplar
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Hey all, just joined this forum, this is my first posting. I bought an 05 about 3 months ago, I've been working through fixing all the random issues from the previous owner... Just when I seemed to have it all straightened out, yah...
So, first off, this past week and a half, every time I go to fill up, I can put in about .25 of gas at a time before the pump cuts off like the tank is full (it is empty). I wondered if maybe someone stuffed something into my fill tube, so Saturday morning I took the rubber hose off and checked everything and the lines are clear to the tank and that 'check valve' or whatever right at the tank wall where the hose connects seem to be operating okay (I can move it, it isn't stuck). So I put it all back together, and I assume this means it's the tank vent check valve/ball that lets the air out of the tank when putting gas in, must be stuck or something. Looked around on this forum saw that someone mentioned getting the tank completely full and then trying to slosh it around to get it to release that, but on Saturday it took me 40 minutes to fill it to 1/2 tank of gas, so any other ideas on what to do/check would be appreciated. I only mention all this in case it is related to the next *REAL* problem.
Sunday morning I had to go into work for an outage caused by the weather here recently in NM. It was pouring cats and dogs out and there were multiple standing water pools. Right after slowly driving through one that must have been 6" deep (at least an inch over the curb) the truck started to run kinda rough, bucking here and there, so I assumed I had taken on some moisture/water and babied it to work which by the time I got there (about 15 miles later) the truck seemed to be okay again. It started a little rough leaving work but seemed to only miss every occasionally Sunday morning. While driving it to work yesterday, and especially on the way home, it has gotten WAY worse. It almost feels like it's missing, and pretty badly, actually kicking the truck pretty hard, sometimes making it shift during the actually 'missing', some of it was bad enough I actually saw a 500rpm drop/surge during it. Under 3/4 throttle, it runs pretty smooth with the occasional slight miss, cruising/coasting/up to 1/2 throttle it is HORRIFIC! Any thoughts? Could I have gotten more water in there than I thought and have bent rods? Could it be coincidence and just bad gas? Is it related to too much tank pressure since it cannot vent?
Thanks everyone! Absolutely LOVE the truck otherwise!
Matt
So, first off, this past week and a half, every time I go to fill up, I can put in about .25 of gas at a time before the pump cuts off like the tank is full (it is empty). I wondered if maybe someone stuffed something into my fill tube, so Saturday morning I took the rubber hose off and checked everything and the lines are clear to the tank and that 'check valve' or whatever right at the tank wall where the hose connects seem to be operating okay (I can move it, it isn't stuck). So I put it all back together, and I assume this means it's the tank vent check valve/ball that lets the air out of the tank when putting gas in, must be stuck or something. Looked around on this forum saw that someone mentioned getting the tank completely full and then trying to slosh it around to get it to release that, but on Saturday it took me 40 minutes to fill it to 1/2 tank of gas, so any other ideas on what to do/check would be appreciated. I only mention all this in case it is related to the next *REAL* problem.
Sunday morning I had to go into work for an outage caused by the weather here recently in NM. It was pouring cats and dogs out and there were multiple standing water pools. Right after slowly driving through one that must have been 6" deep (at least an inch over the curb) the truck started to run kinda rough, bucking here and there, so I assumed I had taken on some moisture/water and babied it to work which by the time I got there (about 15 miles later) the truck seemed to be okay again. It started a little rough leaving work but seemed to only miss every occasionally Sunday morning. While driving it to work yesterday, and especially on the way home, it has gotten WAY worse. It almost feels like it's missing, and pretty badly, actually kicking the truck pretty hard, sometimes making it shift during the actually 'missing', some of it was bad enough I actually saw a 500rpm drop/surge during it. Under 3/4 throttle, it runs pretty smooth with the occasional slight miss, cruising/coasting/up to 1/2 throttle it is HORRIFIC! Any thoughts? Could I have gotten more water in there than I thought and have bent rods? Could it be coincidence and just bad gas? Is it related to too much tank pressure since it cannot vent?
Thanks everyone! Absolutely LOVE the truck otherwise!
Matt