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losing power after 5-6 miles???

Old Jul 30, 2005 | 03:33 AM
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The truck is a 98 1500 360 auto. Heres the problem. After 5-6 miles the engine starts bogging down to 1500 rpm max. It will idle fine but it will only rev to 1500 rpm. If I let it set for a half hour it will run fine again for a while. The only code that shows up is for the speed censer. The speedo doesn't work untill 55 mph and the abs and brake lights are on in the dash. I had to have it towed home last week. It statrd and ran fine when we got it home. Thanks for you help.
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Old Jul 30, 2005 | 04:39 PM
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Default RE: losing power after 5-6 miles???

my 98 5.9 does sort of the same. about 1/2 nile from my house in same spot everyday it bogs and sputters for about 30-50 seconds you pull over the go drive and its fine. untill next day at the EXACT same spot. let me know what you come up with
 
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Old Jul 31, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Default RE: losing power after 5-6 miles???

Sounds like yous should get your cat convertors checked. A simple exhaust back preasure check should let you know if the convertor is starting to plug up.
let me know what yous find.
 
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