papaindigo wrote:
Unless I am missing something the answer is right there in your email; "about 200 feet up I let off of the fuel" at which point the engine stalled. A diesel has lots of torque at idle but IMHO when you let off the fuel the engine dropped to idle and what was left of the hill was just too much for it. Doubt this would have happened if you let off fuel 1-2 seconds later.
Yes I know this was as you peaked the hill but unless you had fully gotten all 4 wheels all the way off that slope and maybe a few feet past I suspect the above is what happened.
That would only be true for a Vehicle with a manual tranny. It doesn't matter where or when the accelerator is released with an automatic. The only thing which should happen if the peddal was released too soon in an automatic is that it would loose forward motion and start to slip backward. It will not stall the engine.
TennesseeCRD: Is the tranny fluid at the correct level?