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Strange misfire or sputtering

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562pitt

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Hello I have a weird misfire and sputtering problem with my 89 gt foxbody has anyone ever came across this one it has a sputtering at 1800 rpm and around 4500 falls straight to its face what’s weird of it if I turn the car off and turn it back on it will go away. Any info will be appreciated thanks. New to the forums thanks.
 

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Check voltage at your coil. You're going to need to wire something up so that you can reference it under load.

Pull codes
 
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Noobz347 thanks I will do that.
 

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Noobz347 thanks I will do that.
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I mean to check voltage input. Holler at us if you're not certain about what you need to do.

The [easiest] method to pull codes is with a cheap-azz OBD1 code reader from Amazon.

You can otherwise do it with a paperclip: https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-fo...des-from-eec-iv-in-86-95-5-0-mustangs.889006/
 
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How do you check the voltage??
 
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Found the problem it was ignition wire running to my alarm was shorting out
 
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