My 88 Gt ran fine till this year. It is a bonestock 14K mile car that I bought new. I drive it at the most 2-3 times a year just to try and keep it running. This year I decided to drive it more. In early July it just refused to start. It acted like it was not getting fuel. My first thought was the 3 year old gas had gone bad. It had a Qtr tank so I added 5 gals of fresh gas. Also put some tecron cleaner in it. I did get it to fire, and drove it for about 5 miles and then it just quit and refused to start. Went home on a rollback. Been sitting in garage since cause I have been so busy with work. Today I got it running, by mostly playing with the accelerater while cranking. First it was surging then it settled down. I let it run long enough for me to have faith in driving it. Drove about 5 miles in my area and got brave enough to drive into town and fill it with fresh gas. It then went for a ride on the highway for 30 miles. It is running better but it just seems to have a bog in it. It will backfire thru the exhaust if I put too much a load on it. I have not checked fuel pressure yet, will do when the engine cools. It still starts funny with usually 2-3 times for it to fire. If I take it easy it runs fine, but if I want to hammer it, it usually rejects any of that kinda stuff and pops and bucks till I get out of it. I have checked all plugs, they are originals and look fine. Cap and rotor are original and appear good. I am thinking maybe the sock in the gas tank is clogged? Any ideas and thoughts are welcome.
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ps remember this car is unmolested, still has factory plastic on floors, none of the wheels have ever been taken off. So I am dealing with all original factory components.
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ps remember this car is unmolested, still has factory plastic on floors, none of the wheels have ever been taken off. So I am dealing with all original factory components.