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poor acceleration 84 244 it has Gremlins 200 1984

posted by  240Matt on  Tue Nov 18 19:20 CST 2014
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I'm the new guy needing some help. Picked up a 84 244 with 167K. The guy i bought if from said it had gremlins and it does! Starts great always, but sometimes it just won't accelerate above 40 mph and just no power. I just pull over, turn it off, start it right back up and it runs fine, 70 mph for 10 miles to work, all good. It's done this for months now. What I've replaced: MAS, fuel PR, in tank pump, and filter, in tank and main. I've not replaced the main fuel pump yet, but i have replaced both relays. Also, when i replaced the fuel filter, it had what looked like black pepper coming out of the input side.

When it's running good, it runs and idles fine, but at least once a day, it just refuses to go over 40! and pushing the accelerator makes the engine just bog out.

Any thoughts?

Many thanks






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