88 gt 5.0 sudden death???

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my girl has a new to her 88gt 5.0 on short trips it is fine but she drove it today on some long errands and it falls on its face and chokes itself out after a while....she waited and i guess it cooled off and it ran fine til it got almost home, then it did it again. when it dies and chokes out it will turn over but wont catch and run on it's on.....if u let it sit i will start and drive til after a while again... any ideas on the cause this will be her only car here shortly so i gotta have it running perfect. thx in advance

 

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Maybe a TFI moduel or coil. Maybe needs a tune up. I dunno.

 

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5.0Droptop said:

Maybe a TFI moduel or coil. Maybe needs a tune up. I dunno.

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Those get my votes.

Did you pull the codes yet? If not head to the zone or do it yourself. If you go to the zone, ask the sellout Jessee James to do it for you.

 

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Could also be the fuel pump shutting down after it gets hot. Is it noisey at all?

 

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PRO50SC said:

Could also be the fuel pump shutting down after it gets hot. Is it noisey at all?

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I'd bet anything it was that ignition module on the side of the distributor

 

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hllon4whls said:

Those get my votes.

Did you pull the codes yet? If not head to the zone or do it yourself. If you go to the zone, ask the sellout Jessee James to do it for you.

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Jesse may sell "the Zone" but he could still thump ya' (j/k)

 

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Pull the ignition module and have Advance, or the zone test it. Make them test it like 20 times until it heats up, or tests bad. I'd also replace the coil.

 

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i used to work for a plumbing company and one of the vans would do this same thing. turns out it was the stator in the dizzy. also those tfi modules suck try both of those

 

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and if you happen to have this happen again before swapping parts......ground a plug wire and see if you have spark. the fuel pump, as Bernie mentioned, and TFI module goin out can show similar symptoms of dying out when hot. this will help narrow it down.

good luck.

 

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dang quit messin with the autozone guys, not all of them are bad (hint hint yea im going to work there soon when i get back from spring break)

 

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Damn, I thought I was the only one who thought bad-boy hoodlum Jesse James sold out. He's not even a car guy.

I would also check the coil. And while you are at it, you may as well do the plugs, rotors, cap, wires, fuel filter, air filter,timing, clean the throttle body and MAF sensor, and calibrate the TPS. I would also give your battery terminals a good scrubbing and sanding down. You could even go whole hog and change the Tstat, flush the radiator and check your fan clutch for good measure.

The above is what I had to do to my 92GT to get it running in good shape BTW, and takes more time than money.

 

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Yep, change the TFI module on the dist. They are known for failing when hot.

Many Fords were recalled for this problem.

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