1990 5.0L Manual T5 - Will try to keep this short.
Car is effectively “dying while driving” in all gears. Happens randomly at any rpm and speed, feels like the motor is heavy engine breaking mid gear and on the accelerator. Saw the rpm jump up like a blip as it happened this morning. The first time it happened i took it out of gear and put it back into gear, worked fine all the way home.
Now everytime i drive it it does it. Except now it has turned the motor off, but still has electrical power when rolling. It’s like it’s stalling mid drive, and a puff of white smoke and something else banged under the backseats after this (comparable to the sound of a rock hitting the undercarriage). This time it didn’t die and i drove it home cautiously.
I’m not sure where to even start now, transmission fluid shows no signs of excessive wear in fluid, has been topped off and changed, tested fuel pressure with engine on and off, results were within normal range.
Any advice or idea of what’s happening here? Going to get under the car tonight to see if the car losing power twisted my driveshaft or broke a ujoint. Would make sense given that the car is effectively dying at 50mph sometimes while in gear still clutch out. I really hope this isn’t the case.
Car is effectively “dying while driving” in all gears. Happens randomly at any rpm and speed, feels like the motor is heavy engine breaking mid gear and on the accelerator. Saw the rpm jump up like a blip as it happened this morning. The first time it happened i took it out of gear and put it back into gear, worked fine all the way home.
Now everytime i drive it it does it. Except now it has turned the motor off, but still has electrical power when rolling. It’s like it’s stalling mid drive, and a puff of white smoke and something else banged under the backseats after this (comparable to the sound of a rock hitting the undercarriage). This time it didn’t die and i drove it home cautiously.
I’m not sure where to even start now, transmission fluid shows no signs of excessive wear in fluid, has been topped off and changed, tested fuel pressure with engine on and off, results were within normal range.
Any advice or idea of what’s happening here? Going to get under the car tonight to see if the car losing power twisted my driveshaft or broke a ujoint. Would make sense given that the car is effectively dying at 50mph sometimes while in gear still clutch out. I really hope this isn’t the case.