mahatma171
Registered User
I work on a 94 Ford Club Wagon, XLT with the7.3 IDI non-turbo and the E40D trans, 3.73 gears. She now has 268,000 on the clock. I used to own it, then sold it 5 years ago to the church where I work.
They don't really use the van all that much, so recently I addressed the following:
Would crank up, then die. Took a lot of pedal pumping and sorts to get the fuel pumping again. Looked at her, fuel coming out all over the place from the return lines. Not to mention the fact that she had an irregular miss at idle and lots of white smoke when being driven.
There was a new fuel pump about 30,000 ago (before I bought it). I decided it was time for some fresh injectors. I installed rebuilt injectors with new washers and got a new return hose/fitting kit. I also installed a new fuel filter.
After all of that work, she runs a lot nicer. She starts up first try, no problems and no stalling even in this cold weather. I still have a slight, irregular miss at idle when its cold, no where near as bad as it was (the old injectors were really, really bad). The miss will disappear completely after you run it a little bit. I took it on a highway run about 150 miles away, and after that she would sit there and idle all day without skipping a beat.
My question is, should I continue looking for an air leak somewhere? I don't see any leaks around the injectors any longer, or around the pump and filter. It isn't a real bad problem, but I would like it to run the best I can get it to run. The truck doesn't burn or leak oil, good oil pressure, and she has a lot of power. I can haul a full load of people and tow a small trailer and she'll stay at 70 all day. Thanks for reading and look forward to your response.
They don't really use the van all that much, so recently I addressed the following:
Would crank up, then die. Took a lot of pedal pumping and sorts to get the fuel pumping again. Looked at her, fuel coming out all over the place from the return lines. Not to mention the fact that she had an irregular miss at idle and lots of white smoke when being driven.
There was a new fuel pump about 30,000 ago (before I bought it). I decided it was time for some fresh injectors. I installed rebuilt injectors with new washers and got a new return hose/fitting kit. I also installed a new fuel filter.
After all of that work, she runs a lot nicer. She starts up first try, no problems and no stalling even in this cold weather. I still have a slight, irregular miss at idle when its cold, no where near as bad as it was (the old injectors were really, really bad). The miss will disappear completely after you run it a little bit. I took it on a highway run about 150 miles away, and after that she would sit there and idle all day without skipping a beat.
My question is, should I continue looking for an air leak somewhere? I don't see any leaks around the injectors any longer, or around the pump and filter. It isn't a real bad problem, but I would like it to run the best I can get it to run. The truck doesn't burn or leak oil, good oil pressure, and she has a lot of power. I can haul a full load of people and tow a small trailer and she'll stay at 70 all day. Thanks for reading and look forward to your response.
