I was driving my 2000 Chevy Blazer up a large gradual hill to work this morning when all of a sudden it started losing power and almost sounded like the engine would high-rev to get power enough to pull off to the side of the road. Roadside assistance
when you are talking about the engine sounding like it would high rev. was it trying to die or popping? when did the battery light come on after, during, or before? have you checked to see if the engine is firing and the sound of the fuel pump don't mean
SAM I AM | Dec 20, 2008
How to install a fuel filter
Carb getting clogged? Clean and install fuel filter www.nitrotek.co.uk
Clogged tank strainer, hmm I must get around to fixing it.
Follow our antics as we run our Mercedes 190d (and now 300td) on straight and waste vegetable oil across Europe to demonstrate the use of vegetable oil as a carbon neutral fuel for cars. Of course new oil is far from carbon neutral but in their daily lives they are run off filtered waste oil, we don't even use pumps its gravity fed only. Unfortunately the laws across europe mean using waste oil is not always possible. See our other blog in the links section for details of the laws. The tank strainer ( a small tea strainer type thing fitted inside the main fuel tank), on my 300td has been partially blocked for a while now. The symptoms are that although it runs fine most of the time, when the fuel level gets low (about 1/4 tank) the car starts to loose power and occasionally I have to stop and let it idle for a while as the negative pressure in the fuel lines evens out. Its quite common on old diesel cars and the veg certainly makes it more significant because its thicker. Its easy to ignore though, just keep the fuel level topped up. If you imagine sucking on one end of a hose and partially blocking the other end. If you suck slowly (normal driving) its fine. If you suck hard for a while (accelerating or going up hill) it will allow it for a while but it will get harder and harder until eventually you just cant suck any more. (forced to pull over). If you now stop sucking and wait (leave the car idling) eventually the pressure will even out and its back to normal again.
