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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:27 PM
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Default My brother's truck will literally barelly go!!

It is an 03 silverado with about 80,000 miles. It will barely go 40 and takes it a 1/4 mile to get there. What in the heck is wrong with it??
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Reduce Engine Power???
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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what is the problem? does it not turn the rpms or not shift out of 1st or what?

this could be a metric ****-ton of different problems or a combination of several.

does it make any odd noises? maybe a vid could help

some body pull the spark plug wires off of one bank?
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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Well it has some vibration. It does shift out of 1st. but when you press it to the floor it just will not go. The check engine light is blinking too??
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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your convertors are clogged or the fuel filter is stopped up...
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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fuel filter is new! I changed it not long ago!! Oh and the truck dies too
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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maybe check your connections when you changed it out. maybe you overlooked something. it could be something minor. if it dies, hesitating, and so forth it sounds like its not getting any fuel.
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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The check engine light is blinking too??

that means something specific, but i just cant think of what it is right now!

do you have any way to scan it for SES codes?
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 01:06 PM
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Well It has been doing the dying b4 I changed it!! I don't have a OBDII scanner i can get to today. It just started doing this like today were it would not go
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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you are going to need a scanner to pull whatever code it is throwing
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