Vantage #51
03-05-2003, 21:18
Last evening,final leg of a Florida to Nova Scotia trip,hauling the 48 ft Featherlite at 24,500 lbs all up,the big white rig would not take full throttle at any thing over 2200 rpm.The harder you pushed or tried to rev, the less power it produced
The outside temp was -11 C ,about 10 F, and we had just fueled up.If I eased off the throttle it would produce more power but not enough to go up the hills. The harder I tried the slower it went untill the biggest hill we were down to 25 Kms/hr,
usually taken at 80-85 kms.
Suspect the fuel was starting to freeze but am not sure.Do not know what that would feel like.
Any Ideas? No Check engine lite,no apparent lack of power down the other side, just a big bog at the upper rpm as the throttle was on the mat.
This is the second time it appeared,previously in Virgina on way down at about the same temperature.
Did not have any additives in fuel either time.
2002 D/A crew white 41,000km, the right tool for grey Velour the job
The outside temp was -11 C ,about 10 F, and we had just fueled up.If I eased off the throttle it would produce more power but not enough to go up the hills. The harder I tried the slower it went untill the biggest hill we were down to 25 Kms/hr,
usually taken at 80-85 kms.
Suspect the fuel was starting to freeze but am not sure.Do not know what that would feel like.
Any Ideas? No Check engine lite,no apparent lack of power down the other side, just a big bog at the upper rpm as the throttle was on the mat.
This is the second time it appeared,previously in Virgina on way down at about the same temperature.
Did not have any additives in fuel either time.
2002 D/A crew white 41,000km, the right tool for grey Velour the job