Engine keeps losing power
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:39 pm
Hey guys I'm a newbie to all this so sorry if it is a blatenly obvious problem lol.
Basicly i bought a '94 samurai and took it laning and about 10 minutes after we had finished i was driving home the engine lost 90% of power, so i put my foot flat down on the throttle and it sounded like it wasnt getting enough fuel into the engine. after about a mile of bumping along it suddenly picked up power again and got me home without a problem. now every time i drive it, it runs sweet as a nut for about a mile and then the same problem happens loses all power and sometimes stalls.
So basicly it has got an electric puel pump fitted, so what i have to do is stop, leave the pump running then start it up again and it will go another few hundred yards before losing power again so it is obviously a fuel problem somewhere.
Dont think it is a problem with fuel pump as it is pumping fuel through and was working for over a week before i took it off road.
any of you experts out there had the same problem or know what you think it is? if none of what i said makes any sense then let me know and ill try and explain better lol cheers.
Basicly i bought a '94 samurai and took it laning and about 10 minutes after we had finished i was driving home the engine lost 90% of power, so i put my foot flat down on the throttle and it sounded like it wasnt getting enough fuel into the engine. after about a mile of bumping along it suddenly picked up power again and got me home without a problem. now every time i drive it, it runs sweet as a nut for about a mile and then the same problem happens loses all power and sometimes stalls.
So basicly it has got an electric puel pump fitted, so what i have to do is stop, leave the pump running then start it up again and it will go another few hundred yards before losing power again so it is obviously a fuel problem somewhere.
Dont think it is a problem with fuel pump as it is pumping fuel through and was working for over a week before i took it off road.
any of you experts out there had the same problem or know what you think it is? if none of what i said makes any sense then let me know and ill try and explain better lol cheers.