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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 03:06 AM
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When I throw my heep in 1st gear it bogs down a lot and seems like its not getting fuel, but its ok when I'm in neutral, 1 of my fuel lines look like it got pinched a little so I'm gonna replace that I just wanna know why it idles fine and if I give it gas in neutral its still ok
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 07:07 AM
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Because at idle and in neutral there is no load on the ignition system or fuel system like there is wITH a load.
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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So that line may be the cause of this?
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Old Jul 28, 2013 | 10:46 AM
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If you fix the kinked line and you still have the same problem check the fuel pressure at the fuel rail with a mechanical pressure gauge.
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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Checked everything and cleaned it but my ecu may be on its way out but runs great as of today
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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by thelittlejeepthatcould
Checked everything and cleaned it but my ecu may be on its way out but runs great as of today
It ain't the ECU. How old are your cap, rotor, plugs, and wires?
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Old Jul 31, 2013 | 12:49 AM
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That's all new, crank sensor is new pretty much everything is new but I'be been driving around all day and its fine, so I think it was just a bad connection somewhere and when it got messed with it got fixed haha
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