My 92 Legacy (Liberty here in Aus) runs fine until it comes to a prolonged hill climb. It loses power gradually and will eventually stall. After a few minutes it will restart and repeat the process if more hill climbing is involved. I have recently replaced the fuel filter. Any ideas?
Legacy lacks powewr on hill climb
Jan 04, 2005
4 Replies
Sounds like fuel deleivery problems. Does it do this reguardless of how full the gas tank is? If it does it only when tank is below 1/2 full then maybe the fuel pump? another thought is low fuel pressure caused by the pressure regulator or pump. ed
Consider the catalytic Converter being pulled?
Dad had a Chevy van do this. It turned out to be a weak fuel hose. Under heavy load, it would suck closed, or nearly so.
Charles Perry P.E.
Could be the evaporative loss (charcoal) canister. to make sure it's a fuel starvation problem try the same climb with the fuel filler cap loosened. TG
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