Engine Running Poorly

[EH819]

My car is running really poorly. I started the car earlier and it started meagerly. Then the idle was rough and it seemed like it wanted to die. There seems to be a slight ticking coming from the engine. I just ran it around the block and it was bucking and continued to run poorly. I've checked under the hood and everything seems connected. The car was running fine 2 days ago (the last time I drove it). Could it be bad gas? I did just fill up on Friday, but I did a lot of driving on Friday and Sat and it was fine. What do you guys think is wrong? Thanks for any help

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Spray the IAC out with carb cleaner and check the torque on all your plugs. Then reset the PCM and hopefully it will be fixed. Does not cost anything, worth a shot...

 

[EH819]

I'll give that a try.

 

[the98stang]

Run seafoam through it....it will love you FOREVER

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Yeah, seafoam is good also. The reason I say check the plugs is that the ticking could possibly be a loose plug getting ready to blow out of the head... A very bad thing... The torque spec is 7-13 pounds I believe.

The idle issues are related to the IAC IMHO.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Oh, you probably need to change your fuel filter and clean your MAF as well...

Instructions for this stuff at www.bullittarchive.com

 

[bada$$notch]

Vacumme (sp) leak also could be the culprit

 

[Mike97gt]

no codes huh? any chance you oiled a K+n style filter recently?

 

[the98stang]

Yeah, seafoam is good also. The reason I say check the plugs is that the ticking could possibly be a loose plug getting ready to blow out of the head... A very bad thing... The torque spec is 13-17 pounds I believe.

The idle issues are related to the IAC IMHO.

My haynes says 7-13...

 

[Kilgore Trout]

My haynes says 7-13...

Thanks, I will edit that post.

 

[Mike97gt]

i would stay closer to 13

 

[stangGT97]

i would stay closer to 13

definitely, the looser theyre in there, the more chance you have of shooting one out!