Hi Guys,
Should a stock foxbody run fairly smooth? My 1990 GT had a bit of a bounce idling at red lights. Don't get me wrong, I love the old big block muscle cars with carburetors that ran like that but seemed odd that a basically stock injected 302 would have any of that.
Tonight after work I went and changed the PCV and cleaned that screen assembly that is under it. Then I changed the cap and rotor. I didn't think this would really change the way it ran at all, I was just trying to get to all the routine maintenance items done because the car has sat for so long and I have no idea when (if ever) they were done.
To my surprise, when I fired the car up and did the test drive, that bounce is almost all gone and it is noticeably smoother.
The PCV valve appeared to be original but the piece inside was still moving freely, and the screen piece was dirty but really didn't look that bad. The cap and rotor I took off had some build up on the terminals but again, didn't look that bad. I was just really surprised that the two made such a difference.
Should a stock foxbody run fairly smooth? My 1990 GT had a bit of a bounce idling at red lights. Don't get me wrong, I love the old big block muscle cars with carburetors that ran like that but seemed odd that a basically stock injected 302 would have any of that.
Tonight after work I went and changed the PCV and cleaned that screen assembly that is under it. Then I changed the cap and rotor. I didn't think this would really change the way it ran at all, I was just trying to get to all the routine maintenance items done because the car has sat for so long and I have no idea when (if ever) they were done.
To my surprise, when I fired the car up and did the test drive, that bounce is almost all gone and it is noticeably smoother.
The PCV valve appeared to be original but the piece inside was still moving freely, and the screen piece was dirty but really didn't look that bad. The cap and rotor I took off had some build up on the terminals but again, didn't look that bad. I was just really surprised that the two made such a difference.