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Is the vehicles transmission downshifting to a lower gear as you go uphill? If not, that would be your first place to look. After that I would suspect that your engine timing is not autmatically advancing as it should be.

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Q: What causes 1992 gmc safari van to run bad and lose power going uphill?
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