Truck staying running when in gear

Asked by GuruC7N38 Mar 11, 2019 at 08:17 PM about the 1997 Chevrolet S-10 RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I replace the rotor cap button
plugs wires and such my truck will
start but when I put it in gear to go
forward it wants to die out like
lack of oxygen or sucks

2 Answers

You need to clean and spray out the carborator, start the truck and hold -light- throttle for a minute, just enough to keep idle going so it'll catch idle. If it shuts off, start it again, hold light throttle and pop it into gear if you can. I had this issue with my '02 Dakota.

I had this happen with an Oldsmobile Intrigue replace the camshaft and crankshaft sensors or the MAP sensor if this keeps happening or clean the Throttle body sensor I had problems with overheating too until I replace the camshaft sensor

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