I have read and read and read about dead pedal, the lift pump issues with these trucks and the worst case scenario of the VP44 going out.
I do not know what my truck is doing or what category it falls into.
I am going to run through the steps and see if you can get a view of what is going on.
This was "pre" knowledge of issue:
I insert key, turn, wait for "wait to start" light to go off, crank--it always cranks quickly--wait a moment for oil pressure to stabilize, shift into drive and off I go, very sluggishly. Pretty much half power or less. I once had to shift into 4 low just to get up and over the little 6 inch water diverter in front of my car port. It would drive at this power level for a few minutes, and if I held the pedal to the floor, the rpm's would reach roughly 2500. If I allowed the transmission to shift accordingly, I would probably be doing 30-35mph in 3rd--no power. After a little bit, the engine would warm a little, "something" would kick-in and it was off to the races. During the summer, the distance before it heated up and took off was roughly a mile or a little more. In the winter, I learned to let it warm at idle for 10 minutes or so before I left and even then it would go a bit before things "kicked-in".
Up until my plug-in block heater quit working, I would just leave it plugged up overnight. This helped tremendously. All that was required after starting was to let it idle a moment, rev on the pedal slightly, let off and then rev on the pedal again and things were running fine.
Once the truck was warmed, it would run fine all day long. Crank with no issue and take off down the road with no issues. If the engine had been allowed to cool long enough to return to atmospheric temp, I had to repeat the whole process all over.
I know something is wrong. Is it a sluggish lift pump or VP that only "kicks in" after the heat from the block has transferred and warmed them up? Bad air heater element?
I am at a loss. I do not have a check engine light coming on and aside from the sluggish running prior to reaching operating temp, the entire truck runs fine.
HELP!
I do not know what my truck is doing or what category it falls into.
I am going to run through the steps and see if you can get a view of what is going on.
This was "pre" knowledge of issue:
I insert key, turn, wait for "wait to start" light to go off, crank--it always cranks quickly--wait a moment for oil pressure to stabilize, shift into drive and off I go, very sluggishly. Pretty much half power or less. I once had to shift into 4 low just to get up and over the little 6 inch water diverter in front of my car port. It would drive at this power level for a few minutes, and if I held the pedal to the floor, the rpm's would reach roughly 2500. If I allowed the transmission to shift accordingly, I would probably be doing 30-35mph in 3rd--no power. After a little bit, the engine would warm a little, "something" would kick-in and it was off to the races. During the summer, the distance before it heated up and took off was roughly a mile or a little more. In the winter, I learned to let it warm at idle for 10 minutes or so before I left and even then it would go a bit before things "kicked-in".
Up until my plug-in block heater quit working, I would just leave it plugged up overnight. This helped tremendously. All that was required after starting was to let it idle a moment, rev on the pedal slightly, let off and then rev on the pedal again and things were running fine.
Once the truck was warmed, it would run fine all day long. Crank with no issue and take off down the road with no issues. If the engine had been allowed to cool long enough to return to atmospheric temp, I had to repeat the whole process all over.
I know something is wrong. Is it a sluggish lift pump or VP that only "kicks in" after the heat from the block has transferred and warmed them up? Bad air heater element?
I am at a loss. I do not have a check engine light coming on and aside from the sluggish running prior to reaching operating temp, the entire truck runs fine.
HELP!
