'92 V6 won't accelerate

(Automatic tranny, 187K mi)

Pressing pedal to the floor (at any speed from idle to midrange) causes car to slow down! (From idle, it will accelerate for a split second, then slow, then accelerate, then slow ... all the while with the pedal to the floor.) If I back off the pedal a bit the car will accelerate moderately, as it should. Usually.

Any attempt to pass on the highway becomes an embarrassing no-go. "Harry, why does that car behind us keep pulling out to pass only to pull in behind again?"

Even accelerating up a moderate hill at highway speed will usually result in the car stumbling, bogging down until I ease off on the throttle. On my last trip out of town I could drive a maximum of only 60mph. When I tried for more: stumble, bog, slow-down ... and very foul-smelling exhaust.

FWIW, symptoms seem to occur only after an extended drive.

TIA, Puzzled in the slow lane.

Reply to
Paul H.
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Does is run ok till its warmed up, it sounds like a transmission

Reply to
mark Ransley

Sounds like intermittent fuel starvation. At 187K your fuel filter could be clogged. Could also be a failing fuel pump. I'd replace the filter first before you dig into the pricey repairs. Easy enough to do it yourself. FWIW

Reply to
D F Bonnett

I'll try the fuel filter first, thanks.

Reply to
Paul H.

Check the hose between the MAF-sensor and the throttle-body for leaks. Because the engine twists a little under load, when you accelerate or drive up hill, a small rift would widen out and cause false air fooling the ECU. When accelerating in reverse the engine twists in the oposite direction "closing" the hole.

Leon

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Reply to
Leon Gjerland

The clue about the exhaust smelling bad, might be telling you your catalytic(spelling?) converter may be blocked.

Just my 2 cents

Reply to
Jerry

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