Bucking and lack of power " But not all the time "

Asked by looly Jun 09, 2018 at 08:33 AM about the 1995 Chevrolet S-10 LS LB 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1995 chevy S10 and for some reason sometimes while accelerating
especially uphill it will start bucking like a bronco and will lose power . If I pull
over and turn the truck off for a few minutes and then crank it back
sometimes the problem will vanish but not always . It seems to happen on
longer trips on the highway and not so much driving around town . I'm pretty
sure that it's a fuel system issue . I've replaced the fuel pump & filter and
everything that I can think of between there and the throttle body but maybe
not everything . I've also replaced spark plugs , wires , distributor cap ,coil
and a
few other ignition system parts that I thought might be the problem but I think
it's a fuel system problem because of the fact that it runs fine it just loses
power going up hills sometimes . Any Ideas ??

2 Answers

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Sounds like your catalytic converter inside looks like a honeycomb over time it will start to collapse an kind of melt together try st string there

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I disagree, the cat in that model is usually fine and the S-10 for that year runs pretty clean considing that year. I would bet its the spider injector needs to be replaced. They run about 250 to 325 depending on the place you get it from. The CAT going bad will act a bit different more of a buildup effect. When the Injectors will seem more like he explained. Good luck but I would try changing out the injector spider

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