About three months ago, my 86 dodge pickup with a 318, 4 barrel died and would not start. Eventually I installed a points distributor and now it will start, run and idle with an occasional hesitation. When I try to drive it, it will go for a few seconds and then want to die. I have to give it a lot of gas to prevent this from happening and then it will go again for a few seconds and then it repeats. It is almost as if it is driving down the road bucking but not quite that bad. My first question is if it has something to do with the new distributor, if possibly it is just not compatible or I didn't know something that I needed to when installing it. In the past 6 months, the following have been replaced: Battery, coil, all grounds, distributor, fuel pump, fuel filter, carb, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and computer. I have checked out the fuel lines for leaks and loose air hoses but found nothing out of place. Also, the motor has been timed well (it will sit and idle very nicely for a couple minutes before a quick hic-up) I think that something is bogging the motor down (getting a bad air/gas mix) every few seconds and it is barley noticeable when idyling but significantly increases when giving gas and trying to go down the road. I am going crazy and really need this truck to work. I think that this is probably a relatively simple, stupid little problem that i am overlooking and I need some advice please. thank you
- posted
18 years ago