86 S-10 blazer.

The car has plenty of speed/power while on a flat road but the moment it hits any sort of incline, it seems to lose all pulling power, to the point it seems to barely creep at all. Also, at times on flat roads, the engine will not respond immediately to the gas pedal being pressed, and after a few moments, accelleration will occur.

This just started occuring today.

Checked sparkplugs and wires. Oddly, one was rather loose, pulled it, was badly burnt so I replaced it and made sure it was tightened. However, this did not fix the problem.

Any ideas?

 

fuel filter and or pump

 

Also check your catalytic convert. If it starting to clog up it will do the same thing... I have had it happen to me thats how I know...
It will get worse and worse untill it will not run.



Bryan

 

how do you unclog a cat? (besides putting laxatives in its food [sm=joke.gif] )

 

LOL.... I took it off the truck and pounded a rod threw it to break up the honey combs inside... Becarful of your local laws though... Some states illegal to to that... My state its illegal but I did it anyway...

 

yeah on my old suburban i had a mechanic friend empty out the cat to lower restricion and was running 2 1/2 inch pipes no mufflers it was louder than some trucks that had glasspacks on them. god did that ever have a nice sound to it and i never had any legal problems about it even though it was very illegal

 

Usually so long as you mind you peas and Q's and not screw around on the road you can get away with alot...

They do sound nice that way...


Bryan