EGR... yeah that explains the couple of times I've tried to accelerate and gotten this sudden drop-out hesitation... last a second or two and then suddenly returns, but of course at that point I've floored it trying to do whatever acceleration thing I was trying to do! I could see how that would...
Okay y'all, don't judge... My '25 Lariat 2.7l is "Smurfette". That name was NOT chosen by me but tagged by my best buddy who drives a '22 Ranger with the Black Widow package (I tease him about it too). He called her Smurfette the first time he saw her, and it unfortunately stuck... that said...