my 84 GMC 1500 which had been driving perfectly quit on me today with little warning
I last drove it three days ago and noticed a little surging at high speeds but thought that I was just tired and inadvertently pushing the accelerator or simply just noticing things that were not there.
The last two or three times I drove it it seemed a little harder to start. But it has been cold so I just lit the glow plugs a little longer and it fired right up
To day while driving it it acted like it had run out of gas and I was able to coast into a parking lot where it started right back up
I drove it a little further and it started doing it again this time it stalled at a red light and after some trying I was able to get it to start again for a minute, but not enough to get it out of the roadway
After a few minutes it's started again and I was able to get it to a gas station before it quit.
It is acting all the world like it has no fuel.
It has two tanks one is full and one is pretty much empty
I was running it on the almost empty tank until I noticed and switched tanks
Shortly after that it started acting up, but I think that that may be a coincidence.
It is very low on oil but the engine is not seizing
That's the background her is my question
Anybody have any clue what is going on.
I would like to be able to keep this truck because it is an inheritance from my step father, but i am beginning to think that it is more than I can handle on a student budget.
I may have to sell it and just restore the 79 F100 that he gave me just before he died with the request that I restore it, that was really favorite truck anyway
I last drove it three days ago and noticed a little surging at high speeds but thought that I was just tired and inadvertently pushing the accelerator or simply just noticing things that were not there.
The last two or three times I drove it it seemed a little harder to start. But it has been cold so I just lit the glow plugs a little longer and it fired right up
To day while driving it it acted like it had run out of gas and I was able to coast into a parking lot where it started right back up
I drove it a little further and it started doing it again this time it stalled at a red light and after some trying I was able to get it to start again for a minute, but not enough to get it out of the roadway
After a few minutes it's started again and I was able to get it to a gas station before it quit.
It is acting all the world like it has no fuel.
It has two tanks one is full and one is pretty much empty
I was running it on the almost empty tank until I noticed and switched tanks
Shortly after that it started acting up, but I think that that may be a coincidence.
It is very low on oil but the engine is not seizing
That's the background her is my question
Anybody have any clue what is going on.
I would like to be able to keep this truck because it is an inheritance from my step father, but i am beginning to think that it is more than I can handle on a student budget.
I may have to sell it and just restore the 79 F100 that he gave me just before he died with the request that I restore it, that was really favorite truck anyway