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vr 5 litre running rough when hot nearly stalls when takeing off

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My ute drives fine when its cold once I have been driving for 45 mins or temp goes over half it will start running rough . when takeing off from lights it will nearly stall any ideas would be great not sure where to start
 
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Whats the timing set at? Id be checking all ignition items for wear higher temps = higher resistance and more breakdown.
 

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Whats the timing set at? Id be checking all ignition items for wear higher temps = higher resistance and more breakdown.
I'm not to sure about the timing what its set at and thank you I will start checking ignition items also how would I check to see what the timing is set at
 
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Its gay as 304 dizzys with banana manifolds are pretty pooey . But put it into diagnostics mode and use a timing light on it. If you dont have a timing light google how to make one i think its one earth one wrapped around cyl1 plug top n the boot shoved over connected to a globe been a long time since that lesson.
 
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What sort of running rough is it? Rough is USUALLY ignition or fuel. Do you have a pressure tester? If no wait til it gets rough running put a ziptie or clamps on fuel return line sometimes pumps get hot and start to fail.
 

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I usually change coil & fuel pump with general service if I don't know history of the car..rules most things out.

Regularly do fault check on these,it's easy...if really game compression test.

If still got a miss start looking at ignition module & other things.

By the end of it not much left to check but you'll know what's working.
 

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Its gay as 304 dizzys with banana manifolds are pretty pooey . But put it into diagnostics mode and use a timing light on it. If you dont have a timing light google how to make one i think its one earth one wrapped around cyl1 plug top n the boot shoved over connected to a globe been a long time since that lesson.
okay ill give that a go I have had some previous problems with the ignition module before put a cheap one in lasted few months and swapped back to the old one and ran fine until now
 

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What sort of running rough is it? Rough is USUALLY ignition or fuel. Do you have a pressure tester? If no wait til it gets rough running put a ziptie or clamps on fuel return line sometimes pumps get hot and start to fail.
its running rough as I loss of power when accelerating nearly stalls taking off from the lights and idles rough at the lights
 

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I usually change coil & fuel pump with general service if I don't know history of the car..rules most things out.

Regularly do fault check on these,it's easy...if really game compression test.

If still got a miss start looking at ignition module & other things.

By the end of it not much left to check but you'll know what's working.
I have recently replaced the coil and the fuel pump
 
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Alternators charging correctly isnt running on battery only at idle? Is it missing ? Does the dash dim? Sorry man need a little more in depth description.
 
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