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Old 10-11-2007 | 11:12 PM
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well its been 4 months dince i went wheelin..well my buddy called today and i was like sure since we got some rain...well everything went good...but i got stuck pretty good in a hole..the whole truck was covered...well i get pulled out we leave and i notice the truck is acting real weird...the check engine light comes on..so im just thinking ok probaly just gotta fix itself..so i yank the Neg.. battery terminal off... let it sit for about 20 mnutes than threw it back on..well no help.. the truck is real sluggish. Like if i floor it the it will probaly only go to about 3000 RPMS.. and its a bit sluggish when moving from a complete stop....any ideas? i am checking the code tomorrow at work so ill let you guys know what the code was..thanks
 
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Old 10-11-2007 | 11:14 PM
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If you got stuck in deep mud I would check to see if your exhaust is plugged up, it would make your truck run like *** just like if your cat was plugged up.
 
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Old 10-11-2007 | 11:23 PM
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Could have sucked alot of mudd and water in to ur engine if u have a open air filter.

Also, if u where deep enough water could ahve gotten in the oil etc.
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 12:47 AM
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hmm.. gettin stuck like that could mean water is somewhere it shouldnt be change your oil and fluids and your gonna hafta drive like an a hole and clear a lot of it out higher rpms will help that
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 12:37 PM
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What? If he sucked mud and/or water in you'd know it....it'd probably be close to shot.

You probably have water in the dist or in the plug wires so its getting a really crappy spark. Get that code read for sure.
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 01:10 PM
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When I installed my fastman, I didn't properly route one of the able around the chrottle control. I had the same problem, ran like *** and didn't go over a few thousand RPM's. Change your cable popped off?
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 05:35 PM
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i would go with the mud and muck in the exhaust
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 08:45 PM
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well instantly driving it this morning i could tell it was missing..sure enough it was...P0300 and P0305..so i am guessing water got in the plugs..or the Dis Cap..but just out of curiosity how much water are we lokking at? and can i just blow it out with a blow gun or is there a special way to do it??

here are some pics

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...y732/valey.jpg

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ergotstuck.jpg
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 10:35 PM
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take your distributer cap off and spray some wd40 in it....see if that helps out some...you should always carry some wd40 if your going wheeling..it's a life saver
 
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Old 10-12-2007 | 10:37 PM
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wd-40
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