Cerulean
New member
Whenever I push the gas pedal on my 1990 Bronco with the 5.0 302 down more than an inch or so the truck seems to lose power. It sputters and backfires and just doesn't want to go. The only way I can get it to pick up any speed is when I pump the pedal repeatedly while only barely pressing it. Everyone kept telling me I needed a new distributor cap, rotor, plugs or wires. I changed all of those and there's no change with the problem. It just keeps sputtering whenever I drive it. I could press the pedal all the way to the floor and all I get is sputtering, a few pops, a backfire or two and no power.
I know the first thing people always say is to read the codes, but I don't have access to a code reader at the moment, nor the money to buy one. I've also replaced the fuel filter with no change. So far friends have mentioned everything from leak in a vacuum hose to needing a new fuel pump. I was just hoping to get the opinions of people who actually own similar vehicles and may have experienced something similar.
If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. In the meantime, I'll be trying to get my hands on a code reader. Any ideas on what could be wrong would be greatly appreciate though.
Thank you,
C.
I know the first thing people always say is to read the codes, but I don't have access to a code reader at the moment, nor the money to buy one. I've also replaced the fuel filter with no change. So far friends have mentioned everything from leak in a vacuum hose to needing a new fuel pump. I was just hoping to get the opinions of people who actually own similar vehicles and may have experienced something similar.
If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. In the meantime, I'll be trying to get my hands on a code reader. Any ideas on what could be wrong would be greatly appreciate though.
Thank you,
C.