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88 gt wont start unless sprayed with starting fluid

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88 gt small cam crane cams coil, exhaust etc etc. Wont start without starting fluid has new iac valve tps and is a mass air flow car was converted by previous owner, runs rough upon starting wandering idle smokes a bit then will make a suction noise and and the idle smooths out and doesnt smoke please help lol also has new pcv valve
 

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Go find the cranks but won’t start check list in the troubleshooting area. Going through the list and you WILL fix it.
 

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https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-fo...start-checklist-fuel-injected-mustangs.787471
 

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Logan718 said:
88 gt small cam crane cams coil, exhaust etc etc. Wont start without starting fluid has new iac valve tps and is a mass air flow car was converted by previous owner, runs rough upon starting wandering idle smokes a bit then will make a suction noise and and the idle smooths out and doesnt smoke please help lol also has new pcv valve
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Described symptoms indicate a vacuum leak.
 
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