drivadesl
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2007
- Messages
- 288
- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Tractor
- New Holland TN-70A, Kubota U-35 Mini-Ex,SCAG Wild Cat, Cub Cadet 109
My truck has about 120K miles on it. I bought as lease trade in with 40K miles. Have performed the normal maintenance split between myself and Ford dealer. Also, use diesel fuel additive every 6 months or so if it matters. Put maybe 10k miles on it annually.
I noticed a little bit different of a sound in the idle in the past few months. Nothing major, but just something different. Normal around town driving truck felt fine, normal power and fuel consumption.
While trailering my tractor yesterday, roughly a 10K lb load, it pulled fine on normal grades, but when I tried going up a pretty steep mountain that I've done many times before with same trailer, it pretty much came to a stop. No power. Had the pedal to the floor going 1mph....in low gear. Engine did sound like it was laboring a bit, but didn't blow smoke or otherwise show any other signs of issues.
After unhooking trailer I was able to drive home 90 miles with no issues. Truck felt normal. Leaves me scratching my head.
Tranny fluid was changed in the spring, and did not smell burned and was at proper level. Same with oil, fuel filter and air filter, all changed within past 5k miles. Trailer was inspected a few weeks back no issues. Tires were inflated to 80lbs, and were not overheated or dragging as far as I can tell.
Did a cursory inspection of the engine, nothing appeared obviously wrong. Turbo hoses showed no obvious cracks or damage.
Any ideas of where to start? Possible fuel injector issue?? Any suggestions on what to check before I take it in? Thanks.
I noticed a little bit different of a sound in the idle in the past few months. Nothing major, but just something different. Normal around town driving truck felt fine, normal power and fuel consumption.
While trailering my tractor yesterday, roughly a 10K lb load, it pulled fine on normal grades, but when I tried going up a pretty steep mountain that I've done many times before with same trailer, it pretty much came to a stop. No power. Had the pedal to the floor going 1mph....in low gear. Engine did sound like it was laboring a bit, but didn't blow smoke or otherwise show any other signs of issues.
After unhooking trailer I was able to drive home 90 miles with no issues. Truck felt normal. Leaves me scratching my head.
Tranny fluid was changed in the spring, and did not smell burned and was at proper level. Same with oil, fuel filter and air filter, all changed within past 5k miles. Trailer was inspected a few weeks back no issues. Tires were inflated to 80lbs, and were not overheated or dragging as far as I can tell.
Did a cursory inspection of the engine, nothing appeared obviously wrong. Turbo hoses showed no obvious cracks or damage.
Any ideas of where to start? Possible fuel injector issue?? Any suggestions on what to check before I take it in? Thanks.