Keeping my fingers crossed.
Yesterday, I replaced the fuel filter, the old one was was only a year and a half old. The fuel in it was very clean.
I bought a new battery, I noticed the old one was 3 1/2 years old. I try to replace every 2 years because Houston is a city you don't want to break down in anywhere, anytime.
I also replaced the fuel pump relay and the ECM relay.
I checked the PCV and noticed the grommet was loose so I replaced the grommet.
While doing this the other end of the PCV hose came loose under the intake.
This one is connected in the middle under the intake. It took a long while and a few scrapes and mild burns but I got it on.
I started the car and let it idle with the AC on in the driveway for one hour and 45 minutes. I then drove the neighborhood for 14 miles and 45 minutes.
An hour and a half later I let it idle for thirty minutes then drove again for 16 miles and for an hour.
Today I'm going to drive around for hopefully 2 hours. I just started it up this morning. Start up seems normal.
I sense that the fuel pump relay was the issue.
My code reader couldn't connect. It kept saying the cables could not connect to the car. (maybe the ECM relay was bad).
I read that a battery can have a cracked plate and still have a good charged output.
My old battery was saying 14 volts on an in dash volt meter.
My car is Bernies old one.
It is a 90 block with HO cam, GT 40 heads and intakes. In May 2021 I swapped the HO throttle body for a 65 mm throttle body and a 67 mm spacer. At this time I changed to a PRO M MAF replacing the PRO FORM MAF.
The conversion to mass air was done by Bernie before I bought the car.
I've put 29,000 miles on it since I bought it in 2015.
All other parts, the remaining sensors, plug wires, plugs, distributor cap, TFI module are Motorcraft. It has shorty headers. It had a Flamethrower coil the last year and a half. Now swapped out to an ACCEL one. (The ACCEL coils are now made in China and not the original yellow).
THANK YOU AGAIN GADGET AND EVERYONE.
I'll post how the 2 hour drive goes.
Again I'm thinking either the fuel pump relay or the ECM relay.
Could the contacts sticking in the solenoid be the initial cause of the relays going bad
I THANK ALL.
Yesterday, I replaced the fuel filter, the old one was was only a year and a half old. The fuel in it was very clean.
I bought a new battery, I noticed the old one was 3 1/2 years old. I try to replace every 2 years because Houston is a city you don't want to break down in anywhere, anytime.
I also replaced the fuel pump relay and the ECM relay.
I checked the PCV and noticed the grommet was loose so I replaced the grommet.
While doing this the other end of the PCV hose came loose under the intake.
This one is connected in the middle under the intake. It took a long while and a few scrapes and mild burns but I got it on.
I started the car and let it idle with the AC on in the driveway for one hour and 45 minutes. I then drove the neighborhood for 14 miles and 45 minutes.
An hour and a half later I let it idle for thirty minutes then drove again for 16 miles and for an hour.
Today I'm going to drive around for hopefully 2 hours. I just started it up this morning. Start up seems normal.
I sense that the fuel pump relay was the issue.
My code reader couldn't connect. It kept saying the cables could not connect to the car. (maybe the ECM relay was bad).
I read that a battery can have a cracked plate and still have a good charged output.
My old battery was saying 14 volts on an in dash volt meter.
My car is Bernies old one.
It is a 90 block with HO cam, GT 40 heads and intakes. In May 2021 I swapped the HO throttle body for a 65 mm throttle body and a 67 mm spacer. At this time I changed to a PRO M MAF replacing the PRO FORM MAF.
The conversion to mass air was done by Bernie before I bought the car.
I've put 29,000 miles on it since I bought it in 2015.
All other parts, the remaining sensors, plug wires, plugs, distributor cap, TFI module are Motorcraft. It has shorty headers. It had a Flamethrower coil the last year and a half. Now swapped out to an ACCEL one. (The ACCEL coils are now made in China and not the original yellow).
THANK YOU AGAIN GADGET AND EVERYONE.
I'll post how the 2 hour drive goes.
Again I'm thinking either the fuel pump relay or the ECM relay.
Could the contacts sticking in the solenoid be the initial cause of the relays going bad
I THANK ALL.
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