Pinto Car Club of America

Hello fordpinto peoples a little help is needed before i go out and spent alot of money and waste a lot of time here is the deal. my pinto finally started today :) it wont idle but will run if your light on the gas. the lady i bought it from was coming home going up a hill and suddenly lost power. pedal to the medal top speed five miles an hour. she thought it was a fuel issue because it had done it before. but when it runs it dosent sound like it has a lot of power or less than it should i have cleaned out the tank and lines and i back fires out the exaust im thinking a sucked valve or burnt ect..

any help would be great!

lostandfound

im not sure what it is but my truck does it to. i lose alot of power going up a hill and the proplem gets alot worse in the cold. im wounding does it sound like its gunna die when going up hill?  can anyone can help us find the proplem  my truck also has alot of trouple getting up to speed im not sure what it is i think it could be the carb but im not sure any help will be great thx

Are you sure that it isn't the transmission? Check the tranny oil, if it only happens while going up a hill then the oil might just be going to the back of the tranny causing it to slip.

I asume that you are talking about a 2.3L Pinto motor.
Could very well be that the timing belt has jumped a notch or two.
That would cause it to pop out the exhaust or backfire out the carb and loose power.

 Yeah, sounds like it could be a timing belt.