powerplantranger
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- Location
- La Vernia, Tx
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Automatic
My 88 sat up for about 6 weeks. I started it up a few times and just out of habit with the boat, I put some Sta-bil in the tank.
Anyways.. Driving into work the other afternoon, it started to feel like the was nothing there. I pushed the pedel it hesitated slightly and it found it's b@lls, but if i held it there or let off the slightest bit it started to almost stall. The tach never flucuated from where it's normally at at that given speed until i got on the gas, to which it would accelerate to speed and begin to surge up and down 500 rpms. In the parking lot once put in park it stumbled a bit, but recovered and idled fine. I did notice the tailpipe was sooted black and before its always been extremely clean. I tried pulling codes later that evening, but the check engine light would light up and as it did it's "test" the light never came back on until I removed the key. I started to notice a burning smell associated with electrical on the passanger side inside!
When trying to get KOER codes it idled perfectly.
Well, I drove home. It continued to do the same thing. What I did notice was the transmission shifted fine(auto) and it didn't stumble or surge under hard acceleration, only when holding speed.
I haven't done anything to it yet since it's been home, it died when backing in the barn! I'm gonna try to pull codes, again and see if it works. I have no idea what it could be. The burning smell is what is concerning me, like I said it seems to be coming from the passanger side inside the truck. Of course I don't think it's a coincidence either.
Throw a guy a bone here..
P.S. I have pulled codes before, that's why this annoys me even more!
Eric
Anyways.. Driving into work the other afternoon, it started to feel like the was nothing there. I pushed the pedel it hesitated slightly and it found it's b@lls, but if i held it there or let off the slightest bit it started to almost stall. The tach never flucuated from where it's normally at at that given speed until i got on the gas, to which it would accelerate to speed and begin to surge up and down 500 rpms. In the parking lot once put in park it stumbled a bit, but recovered and idled fine. I did notice the tailpipe was sooted black and before its always been extremely clean. I tried pulling codes later that evening, but the check engine light would light up and as it did it's "test" the light never came back on until I removed the key. I started to notice a burning smell associated with electrical on the passanger side inside!
When trying to get KOER codes it idled perfectly.
Well, I drove home. It continued to do the same thing. What I did notice was the transmission shifted fine(auto) and it didn't stumble or surge under hard acceleration, only when holding speed.
I haven't done anything to it yet since it's been home, it died when backing in the barn! I'm gonna try to pull codes, again and see if it works. I have no idea what it could be. The burning smell is what is concerning me, like I said it seems to be coming from the passanger side inside the truck. Of course I don't think it's a coincidence either.
Throw a guy a bone here..
P.S. I have pulled codes before, that's why this annoys me even more!
Eric