Something weird happened to me last night

[Chic N Stew]

LOL, my exhaust is not connected all the way, one pipe has slipped out from in the collectors , i was thinking an o2 sensor wasn't getting proper readings with my exhaust not being fully sealed, i also narrowed it down a little more, since i an on the gas when it occurs, it can't be a vacuum problem, since there is little to no vacuum during acceleration

 

[tpking]

when you get on the gas it cuts out? that would be a clogged filter because its like trying to suck a gold ball through a water hose if its about clogged.. my old dodge did the same thing

 

[MAKG]

First gens have 2 pumps, you sure it wasn't one of the pumps you removed? Because thats definitely a fuel filter on your truck.

edit: unless that is the pump, but I thought the pump had 2 lines going in/out..

The giveaway is the electrical connector. Pumps must have them, filters can't.

Is the tank low? That "filter" serves another important purpose -- it prevents the high pressure pump from sucking air on abrupt changes in direction or speed.

And FYI, some 86s and 87s have both types of fuel filters, but it's a very, very bad bet as quite a lot have one of the other.

 

[kunar]

And FYI, some 86s and 87s have both types of fuel filters, but it's a very, very bad bet as quite a lot have one of the other.

i have owned three 87's and all three have had two filters and two pumps....

 

[Hardwareman]

I just recently had to replace my fuel pump in the tank and ever since then when the tank gets between 1/4 and empty it does exactly what you're experiencing.

Right now I'm using it as a warning letting me know when I'm going to run out of gas, but it's getting annoying as hell. I did'nt quite get the pump mounted squarely into the assembly so I'm probably going to have to pull the thing again to fix it properly.

It's probably fuel pump/filter related for sure.




Allen

 

[Mutant Pony]

The removed filter in the pic was the canister filter, which almost never had a filter in it unless it was the only filter used. The next thing upline is the pressure pump. It sure looks to me like there is a filter up from that (right at the edge of the pic).
If there is no filter upsteam You should put a filter where the old canister was. It will clip right in where the long adapter is now.

 

[Insanejughead]

I had that problem when I found out that my O2 sensor had gone bad.

Ford uses a heated O2 sensor on the GenIII Rangers (4 wire). This would cause it to send error signals to the computer when it's not completely warmed up all the way. My ranger ran crappy for the first few miles after startup each day, but then would act normal after that. It didn't matter what the fuel tank level was either. I also haven't replaced my fuel filter at all, but it certainly wasn't the cause of my problems.

I bought a new O2 sensor and haven't had that problem since.

 

[86XLT]

could also be fuel pump, or maybe the TFI. i just had a similar problem that ended up being a ground wire.

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