Flooding
 

Ok, this is driving me freakin insane.

My truck has been flooding really bad lately, when I accelerate quickly I get a STRONG gas smell. My girlfriend complains about it whenever I accelerate at all, which tells me it's stronger on her side.

My first thought was that it may be the coolant temperature sensor, but I've also considered the MAP sensor and the O2 sensor. I was wondering if any of you had had this problem before and could offer suggestions. I don't have much money to be dumping into unnecessary parts, so I'd like to get it right on the first try if at all possible. I've got an '87 S10 Blazer with the 2.8 in case I hadn't already mentioned that.

I used almost a half a tank of gas going to see my girlfriend and she only lives an hour away. Gas is $2.25 a gallon here and I can't afford this, lol.

Any advice you can offer would me much appreciated.

RE: Flooding
 

its quite possible that your injecters are bad. im not sure about the 2.8 but the 4.3 has a serious injecter problem. it cost me $800 to fix on my 92 blazer

RE: Flooding
 

Damn Ryan don't tell me that dawg, lol.

I'm assuming that the gas smell means that it's flooding, but my gas mileage is actually not as bad as I thought it was, and I'm not showing black smoke (which would be an indicator that it's running rich). I'm wondering if maybe there's just a leak that's letting that gas smell vent into the cabin.

Please pray that it's not an injector problem, I've got airbags to buy, lol.

RE: Flooding
 

well, i hope it isnt injecters. cause that is pricey.

RE: Flooding
 

so are you saying 4.3 of any year would have an injector problem? or was that problem fixed evetualy? just curios if i need to look ino that

RE: Flooding
 

i believe it was fixed when the new vortec came out...~1996