for the past week or two my car has been stalling out alot. if i start it, it will stall a few times until it warms up. some days this problem does not happen at all other days i cant even get it out of my driveway without stalling. when it starts up right before it stall it blows a bunch of black smoke out of the ehxaust. also when im driving it will hesitate alot before actually stalling and it makes the car buck real bad. any ideas would be appreciated thanks.
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the last tune up was right before summer dont remember changing the tranny linkage grommet wht would make happen. were can i rent a fuel pressure gauge.1988 mustang lx 5.0L, Edelbrock performer manifold, BBK 70mm TB and Egr plate, Mac equal length headers, Off road H with high flow cats welded in, 4.10 gears, mickey thompson DR's, 13.91@101
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I've heard you can use an old tire pressure gauge to check fuel pressure as well, although I've never tried it. It just ruins the tire pressure gauge.
There is also a plastic vacuum line going into the fuel pressure regulator, make sure it isn't cracked. I think the line is red.
See http://www.lincolnsonline.com/tech/00052.html for info on the TV Grommet.1990 Country Squire - under restoration
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fuel pressure regulator is located on backside of upper intake/plenum. it is connected by a red line. it is more of the driver side hiding behind the upper intake/plenum. you have to be careful with the vac lines since the are plastic, and brittle. the snap and break easily. just had this problem with a car here. changed fuel filter and it is alot better now.
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I'd say leaky injector, or bad regulator. Pull that vacuum line off the regulator and see if fuel comes out of it. If its got a leaky injector, pull the plugs. If one is wet and black, thats your problem cylinder.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
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I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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i put a new map sensor on the car and the problem continued so i brought it to the shop and they said it was the ignition module so i put a new one on and it seems like its running great i just hope that was the problem.1988 mustang lx 5.0L, Edelbrock performer manifold, BBK 70mm TB and Egr plate, Mac equal length headers, Off road H with high flow cats welded in, 4.10 gears, mickey thompson DR's, 13.91@101
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Glad it worked out for you so far. You really should try and check for codes on the car which can help you a lot when troubleshooting. You can get codes from the car with or without a scanner, though a decent one shouldn't cost all that much. I prefer the scanner method because I'm lazy. There a couple good threads you can search on here advising you how to get codes and what kind of scanner you could buy.sigpic
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