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HelpMe
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 09:10 am: | 
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Something very strange was happening when i was driving to work this morning in my 97 disco. At highway speed (65-80 mph) the truck would stall for 1-2 seconds and then be fine for 1-2 seconds, stal for 1-2 seconds ,fine 1-2 seconds.....this happened in perfectly timed intervals and only at speeds greater than 65 mph. It almost felt like the truck was running out of gas. No check engine light on, had a valve job 6000 miles ago. Could this be a bad VSS? Any comments are greatly appreciated. |
Don Collins (Donc)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 09:42 am: |
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Sounds like a VSS to me. Mine did the same things. see Nathan for the replacement (best price on it) www.discountrovers.com |
Greg French
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 09:45 am: |
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Mine does that, too.
Bad VSS, I'm told |
Brian
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 09:54 am: |
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My '97 did it also. It's the VSS. Drove me crazy. |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 09:57 am: |
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Newbie Question: What is VSS?!?!?! |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 10:01 am: |
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Vehicle Speed Sensor, located on the T-R-A-N-N-Y.
-L |
Trannywantstoknow
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 10:05 am: |
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Leslie, you potty mouth, I can't believe you just spelled that! After all, you're somebody's dad, too, LOL!
So, with all the flying profanity around here, why does the 'bot pick up ••••••, whoops, t-r-a-n-n-y as an offensive word????
Karen |
HelpMe
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 10:55 am: |
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Wouldn't a bad vss trip the check engine light though? |
Greg French
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 10:59 am: |
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Not necessarily. It is intermittant. Chances are, the computer doesn't know it is bad. It probably isn't bad enough to trip it.
Mine has been doing it occasionally for a few years with no light tripped. |
Randall Smith
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 11:08 am: |
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Helpme
The ECU just wants to know if the truck is moving or not (you're idling),or if the truck has exceded the save operating speed (110mph). If it senses that you are above 110, then it cuts back on fuel delivery. Apparently it is not programed to turn the check engine light on.
Randall |
Mike Rupp (Mike_Rupp)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - 11:24 am: |
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Leslie-
Isn't the VSS on the rear of the t-case just in between the t-case and the handbrake?
Mike |
Grant Lawson
| | Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 05:32 pm: |
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were you in cruise control?
was it windy? hilly,?
this can also give the effect you experinced, i believe. |
RVR OVR (Tom)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 05:40 pm: |
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Check the gas tank cap. If it is on loose you loose vaccuum pressure and cause this issue. This happened to me and the dealership said new fuel pump. I tightened the cap and it hasn't happened for 40K miles.
However, this can also be a fuel delivery problem beyond the gas tank, which may or may not trip your check engine light. If you pass the gas cap test, a cheap thing to do is replace the fuel filter and see if that makes things better. The fuel pump could also be at fault.
Tom |
carlT
| | Posted on Thursday, June 13, 2002 - 10:31 pm: |
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Could T-ranny be Trans se exs ual??? And that is why it is getting blocked...? |
HelpMe
| | Posted on Friday, June 14, 2002 - 05:06 pm: |
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Replaced the VSS and it seems to have solved the problem.(That thing was harder to get to than i thought.) |
BW
| | Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2002 - 03:47 am: |
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Fuel Filter?
BW |
Brian
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 12:32 am: |
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Why is it that twenty people in a row can respond with the same solution and you always have the one person with the odd diagnosis that NEVER pans out? |
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