it bogs down then when you try to accerleate

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DOUGLAS1
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On a 99 chevy astro van with 147,000 miles and 4. something engine I installed 2 fuel pumps, oil presser sensor, throttle positioning sensor, mass air flow sensor, and 2 fuel filters. and still having problems. No codes to be read. starts great idles great, sounds great while running and driving up to normal speed it bogs down then when you try to accerleate out of it it bogs again and gets worse and worse till your going 5mph. then restart and starts problem all over again. can even restart in nuetural and get same response. ... also after install of first fuel pump the dim lights went out but bright lights still work any ideas? inital problem was bad fuel pump. one more thing when it bogs down it backfires thru the intake too. Brad
Nov 16, 2007 at 5:11 PM
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BOOTDOG
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sound like the catalytic converter is blocked up. check to see if you have a good flow of exhaust coming out the tail pipe. and if it's blocked up bad enough the converter can get hot enough to glow red.
Nov 19, 2007 at 3:47 PM
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