mptaszynski
Member
My farm family Truckster is a 90 dodge caravan
3.3 v6 . auto with 286k. My dream of pushing
it to 300K is about to be crushed, literally,
because of a strange lack of throttle problem.
About 2 years ago I would notice a "lack of
throttle" on hot days after the car had warmed
up. Now I don't have any acceleration above
about 1800 rpm. I keep pushing the pedal down
until its about 1/2 inch from the floor. At
that point the transmission drops down a gear
and it easily accelerates to over 4000rpm.
When I reach the desired speed I slowly let up
on pedal and at 3000rpm lose any control of
engine speed until it drops below 1800 rpm. My
work commute consists of neck snapping
acceleration, coast at idle, repeat! My family
is all wearing neck braces and drooling when we
pass the new car lots. Any ideas? I think it
is pre OBD II so its not showing check engine
light. Any ideas?
3.3 v6 . auto with 286k. My dream of pushing
it to 300K is about to be crushed, literally,
because of a strange lack of throttle problem.
About 2 years ago I would notice a "lack of
throttle" on hot days after the car had warmed
up. Now I don't have any acceleration above
about 1800 rpm. I keep pushing the pedal down
until its about 1/2 inch from the floor. At
that point the transmission drops down a gear
and it easily accelerates to over 4000rpm.
When I reach the desired speed I slowly let up
on pedal and at 3000rpm lose any control of
engine speed until it drops below 1800 rpm. My
work commute consists of neck snapping
acceleration, coast at idle, repeat! My family
is all wearing neck braces and drooling when we
pass the new car lots. Any ideas? I think it
is pre OBD II so its not showing check engine
light. Any ideas?
