Truck dying

[TwentyTenFX4]

It's only happened 2 or 3 times but I don't think it's normal. It mainly happens when I'm pulling out of my apartment to cross the road. I'll have to sometimes wait in the median till traffic clears enough for me to go(left). I'll give it enough gas to cross the road, maybe around 2500 rpm's if I'm in a hurry. I'll feel the steering wheel lose the power steering then I notice my truck is dead. It starts right back up and acts normal from there on out. Anyone experience this it have any clue what could be causing this?

 

[supercrewzn]

When it does this, is it low on fuel?

 

[TwentyTenFX4]

No, it'll do either if it's full or at a quarter of a tank.

 

[supercrewzn]

My only guess would be it running out of fuel. It has to be something electrical. It full of oil?

 

[westtnfx4]

That's one of those things that is hard to track down untill something manifest's itself....my guess would be fuel related but not sure. When all else fails run sea foam threw it. If it has any moisture in the fuel or tank this will get rid of it.

 

[TwentyTenFX4]

Yea everything is good with my oil, although I need to get it change in a couple hundred miles. I'll double check it here in a bit to double check myself because I haven't checked it in a couple weeks, but the problem has been going on longer than that.

 

[supercrewzn]

Other than those 2 things, I have no idea.

 

[TwentyTenFX4]

That's one of those things that is hard to track down untill something manifest's itself....my guess would be fuel related but not sure. When all else fails run sea foam threw it. If it has any moisture in the fuel or tank this will get rid of it.

Yea I can try that out. I thought about taking it to the dealer but I don't know if it's one if those things that, if they don't see it happening, then nothing is wrong with it.

 

[westtnfx4]

Run half a can threw your brake booster vacuum line and half threw your gas tank. It will smoke a little after it gets in you vacuum line but it will go away in a min or two. That's just the carbon build up burning off....

 

[Darth Bama]

With no CEI's the dealership will just rut your pocket out man. I'd try some Seafoam like west suggested and see how that works. You may have picked up some bad gas or something. Have you changed the fuel filter in a while?

My truck use to stall after coming off the interstate like say when you hit the exit ramp and stopped. I'd crank it and it never happened the rest of the day. It would happen every now and then. I never fixed anything and it just went away... lol