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[Ford1977]

I'll start with a little background. I bought this truck about 4 years ago for 1100.00 because the supercab was straight and I liked it. About two years ago I had a problem with water in the gas while on vacation.. a REAL nightmare for the next few months. Got it cleaned out, but it never fully "recovered" - always seemed to still be a little off.

However I don't THINK this is related.

Now suddenly in the past 2 weeks it has been a real pain to start.. occasionally backfiring out the carb on acceleration but not often. Sometimes when I try to start it it makes like a air-burp sound through the carb and black smoke comes out. When I do get it running and I'm stopped at a light or in a drive thru or whatever it will gradually idle down to a sputter and I have to hit the gas pedal to bring it back up, even in Neutral.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is my primary AND secondary mode of transportation <ouch> and I need to get it straight.

A little added info.. about 3 weeks ago it passed emissions and was superclean.
HC (PPM) 68 of 300
CO(%) .664 of 2.5
Dilution 8.5 %
6 % required

[andre 244]

may b you're egr valve stick ?? or vacum goint to egr
sound like it .hard start. black smoke. bad idle under low rpm
ad sim prom 77 cougar 302 cid