What Do You Think It Is??????

stangrulez · Feb 27, 2014

I have a 96 gt vert and I was wondering if you guys could tell me what's going on. Whenever the car goes under a quart of tank of gas it begins to shake pretty bad and the rpms move up and down and sometimes shuts of, but when I have over a quarter tank the is no shaking or anything it runs perfect. It's probably been going on for a year and a half. I've replaced the egr valve, fuel filter, fuel pump, and fixed any vacuum leaks I can find. I dont really drive it that much as i bought a new accord coupe i was gong to sell it but i just can't. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

flstang65 · Feb 27, 2014

Bad injector? Needs plugs? Misfire?

wmburns · Feb 27, 2014

When the fuel pump was replaced, was the gas tank cleaned?

Are there any DTC codes?

What is the condition of the EVAP vapor lines? Especially the ones from the TB to charcoal canister in the right hand fender?

stangrulez · Feb 27, 2014

@flstang65 injectors are the original ones. Spark plugs where changed about 40k miles so with the most expensive ones Ford had. And there are no misfires.

@wmburns the fuel tank was not cleaned when the fuel pump was changed. I haven't ran it for codes but will do tomorrow and I will update. I've changed the purge valve and evap canister as well. As far as the lines in the right Fender my mechanic changed them for me in front of me and the lines were complete garbage.

flstang65 · Feb 27, 2014

Maybe go to a dyno and be checked out?

wmburns · Mar 1, 2014

my vote is water/debris in the gas tank. This goes double if the filler neck grommet wasn't changed.

trinity_gt · Mar 1, 2014

wmburns said:
my vote is water/debris in the gas tank. This goes double if the filler neck grommet wasn't changed.

Not sure about water or debris (gasoline will float on water so water in the tank would likely cause driveability problems all the time).

But I agree in spirit that the problem is likely in the tank itself and not under the hood. The OP doesn't mention the conditions under which this happens (only that the tank is less than a quarter-full) but I suspect that the driveability issues are accompanied by cornering, braking, accelerating etc. This suggests perhaps a broken baffle or a problem in the pickup.

I'd take the pump assembly back out of the tank and eyeball the unit as well as the area in the tank in which it sits.

wmburns · Mar 2, 2014

trinity_gt said:
But I agree in spirit that the problem is likely in the tank itself and not under the hood. The OP doesn't mention the conditions under which this happens (only that the tank is less than a quarter-full) but I suspect that the driveability issues are accompanied by cornering, braking, accelerating etc. This suggests perhaps a broken baffle or a problem in the pickup.

I'd take the pump assembly back out of the tank and eyeball the unit as well as the area in the tank in which it sits.

On 2nd thought, that's a very good theory. IE, that the fuel pump pick-up is out of alignment or not on the bottom of the tank.

stangrulez · Mar 2, 2014

@trinity_gt the problem does only occur when there is less than a quarter tank, any gas over a quarter and there is no issues.

The problem happened before I replaced the fuel pump, it was the main reason I changed it. I had the pressure tested before changing it and it was 14psi which is no good. I haven't had the pressure tested after I changed the fuel pump.

trinity_gt · Mar 3, 2014

stangrulez said:
@trinity_gt the problem does only occur when there is less than a quarter tank, any gas over a quarter and there is no issues.

Right, but does it happen at idle?

When cruising at steady speed?

When cornering slowly?

When cornering hard?

When accelerating gently?

When accelerating hard?

When braking gently?

When braking hard?

stangrulez · Mar 3, 2014

It only occurs at idle. Usually when I'm waiting for the light to change

trinity_gt · Mar 3, 2014

Bizarre.

Can you get a fuel pressure gauge on it? You said before the FP it read 14psi which is, as you note, ludicrously low.

I suggest you check it again and investigate the fuel pressure regulator and vacuum line running to it. The regulator diaphram may have a pinhole or an internal leak allowing fuel to return to the tank, causing low pressure. What's the pressure at idle? What's the pressure at idle with the vacuum line disconnected?

Makes no sense though. Why at 1/4-tank and why only at idle?? Hmm....

stangrulez · Mar 30, 2014

Well after it turned off again under the exact same conditions as mentioned above, a friend of mine told me to check the spark plus. I never checked them because the previous owner told me he had just replaced them and this is what I found. Sure hope this is the problem. What do you guys think?

jcgafford · Mar 30, 2014

Looking at this on a cell phone. I would be checking the gap on those plugs. Looks huge on my screen.

Wow. On second look those things look terrible all over. Pull them all and replace.

flstang65 · Mar 30, 2014

+1 New Motorcraft plugs for sure!

stangrulez · Mar 30, 2014

Went with new motorcraft spark plugs and new wires. Hope that's the problem. And the gap in them was huge.

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