Starts, dies when gas is applied...
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6

I don't know much about blazers, but i recently got a 1990 s10, or t10 wich ever is 4x4. 4.6L engine.
about a month ago the engine strting getting weaker and weaker. one day it wouldn't even move. it seems to move until it warms up.
i have put a new: ditributor, new computer (twice), Map Sensor, spark plugs/wires, Checked the injectors, Checked the fuel pressure, New rotor cap, and i checked the throttle body.
i have heard some comment about the injectors/harness maybe being grounded out. i have yet to check this, as i do not know how.
please send me your thoughts, i really want to keep this truck but i have a deadline of 1.5 months or i have to get rid of it.
-Nathan
about a month ago the engine strting getting weaker and weaker. one day it wouldn't even move. it seems to move until it warms up.
i have put a new: ditributor, new computer (twice), Map Sensor, spark plugs/wires, Checked the injectors, Checked the fuel pressure, New rotor cap, and i checked the throttle body.
i have heard some comment about the injectors/harness maybe being grounded out. i have yet to check this, as i do not know how.
please send me your thoughts, i really want to keep this truck but i have a deadline of 1.5 months or i have to get rid of it.
-Nathan
#3
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S = 2dr
T = 4 dr
Your engine is a 4.3L.
What does the tranny fluid look/smell like? Where is it on the stick when it's warmed up?
T = 4 dr
Your engine is a 4.3L.
What does the tranny fluid look/smell like? Where is it on the stick when it's warmed up?
#4
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Central Illinois
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Get your TPS (trottle postion sensor) and IAC (Idle air control) tested.
Is this a TPI or TBI fuel injected motor?
Is this a TPI or TBI fuel injected motor?
#5
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 6

yeah thanx guys, mistake on that, it is a 4.3L, my mistake. and it's a 2dr.
thanx il try al of these, keep sending me ideas plz.
-nathan
Hanr3 this engine has TBI injectors
thanx il try al of these, keep sending me ideas plz.
-nathan
Hanr3 this engine has TBI injectors
#6
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Make sure both of them are firing.
It could be your main injector isn't working. There should be one for idleing, when you give her gas the main one takes over.
Are you getting a Check Engine light, have you had the codes read? Codes would be hte best source of information. No codes generally means a fuel delivery issue. The puter assumes your getting proper fuel delivery. It doens't monitor fuel pressure or fuel delivery.
It could be your main injector isn't working. There should be one for idleing, when you give her gas the main one takes over.
Are you getting a Check Engine light, have you had the codes read? Codes would be hte best source of information. No codes generally means a fuel delivery issue. The puter assumes your getting proper fuel delivery. It doens't monitor fuel pressure or fuel delivery.
#7
ORIGINAL: Leeann_Bravada
S = 2dr
T = 4 dr
S = 2dr
T = 4 dr
#8
Just to bring this back.
Disconnect the O2 sensor and remove it from the exhaust pipe. Then start the truck and see if it exhibits the same problems. If the problem is gone, then your catalytic converter is at fault.
Disconnect the O2 sensor and remove it from the exhaust pipe. Then start the truck and see if it exhibits the same problems. If the problem is gone, then your catalytic converter is at fault.
#9
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2

Change the Cat. Conv. or drill a 1\2" hole before the Cat.Conv. and your Blazer will come back to life...
I don't know much about blazers, but i recently got a 1990 s10, or t10 wich ever is 4x4. 4.6L engine.
about a month ago the engine strting getting weaker and weaker. one day it wouldn't even move. it seems to move until it warms up.
i have put a new: ditributor, new computer (twice), Map Sensor, spark plugs/wires, Checked the injectors, Checked the fuel pressure, New rotor cap, and i checked the throttle body.
i have heard some comment about the injectors/harness maybe being grounded out. i have yet to check this, as i do not know how.
please send me your thoughts, i really want to keep this truck but i have a deadline of 1.5 months or i have to get rid of it.
-Nathan
about a month ago the engine strting getting weaker and weaker. one day it wouldn't even move. it seems to move until it warms up.
i have put a new: ditributor, new computer (twice), Map Sensor, spark plugs/wires, Checked the injectors, Checked the fuel pressure, New rotor cap, and i checked the throttle body.
i have heard some comment about the injectors/harness maybe being grounded out. i have yet to check this, as i do not know how.
please send me your thoughts, i really want to keep this truck but i have a deadline of 1.5 months or i have to get rid of it.
-Nathan
#10
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 4

interested in why you asked this question about the fluid? i have this problem of major hesitation when accelerating, uless i "feather" the pedal in a certain way - the blazer will die. i've been chasing a TPS problem - if i'm checking it right, there is no voltage at the connector whatsoever. BUT, the other day while i was under the hood with it running, i decided to check tranny fluid, and it showed on the stick to be extremely overfull, to the point that i didn't really believe it could be correct...





