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Old 09-24-2011, 08:17 PM
nstumbaugh nstumbaugh is offline
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Default Hard starting, stumbles after deceleration

I'm a new member of the group. I bought my 4-cyl. 5-speed Ranger new in '99 and now have 191,000 miles on it. I've carefully maintained it and it's been remarkably reliable. But it's slowly developing a couple problems: first, it sometimes takes two tries to start it after sitting overnight. Secondly, after going down a long grade, the engine runs rough for a while. The check engine light is NOT lit. Any ideas?
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Old 09-24-2011, 10:52 PM
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Default Re: Hard starting, stumbles after deceleration

Try scanning your computer for PENDING CODES. Pending codes don't cause your engine light to come on. A pending code is pretty much a fault that the computer finds and logs it. When this same code occurs multiple times (during a certain time frame) it will mature to a check engine light code.

So you can actually have codes but it does happened often enough you will never see a light.
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Old 09-25-2011, 06:56 PM
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Default Re: Hard starting, stumbles after deceleration

Thanks! I'll take it in, I don't have a code reader.
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Old 09-25-2011, 07:07 PM
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By take it in I hope you don't mean dealership, they will charge you. Just take it to a local autoparts store they will do it for free.
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