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The el will drive fine, but when u put your foot down it just takes a while to pick up revs and goes hard above 3500rpm
does anyone know what this could be? it also surges sometimes and just will think about it for a sec while u put your foot down. U pretty much floor it and it increases rpm ever so slowly then hits about 3500 and then its off . -timing? -accelerator cable? -exhaust(its got a full exhaust incl cat and extrators 2.5in) Last edited by FORDom on Tue May 20, 2008 7:57 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
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cat blocked? could be injectors, sparkplugs leads..
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its just the auto.
get used to it or change to a t5 falcon have long gearing. |
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no it was not the auto..i have driven a lot of auto falcons, so i know they have s**t gearing, but this was different..
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Clean out the Throttle Body and get some new leads..
How many k's has she done mate?
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i will give that a go
its got 250 on the clock but its got a replacement motor in it.. thanks for the help mate |
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Have you check to make sure the BBM isn't stuck on the short runners. Would explain why it still goes good past 3500rpm but slow off the mark.
Check you have vacuum at idle on the BBM control valve. Cheers
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EL__Fairmont wrote: Have you check to make sure the BBM isn't stuck on the short runners. Would explain why it still goes good past 3500rpm but slow off the mark.
Check you have vacuum at idle on the BBM control valve. Cheers X2 |
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I would suggest BBM stuck on long runners,
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dc_todd wrote: I would suggest BBM stuck on long runners,
long runners would mean good bottom end but s**t top end, and he has the reverse of those symptoms, he is stuck on short runners. get BBM checked, could have knocked the vaccum hose off.
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ok reverse that suggestion then, just had a brain f@rt moment. but either way, check BBM and vacuum
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thanks for the reply's
so how would i fix it if it was stuck on the short runners? |
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Well ive found the problem. It seems only one of the two throttle cables are working. On one of them, the plastic clip had broken, so it had no contact with the valve to open the T/b
Hopefully its not too expensive from ford. |
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FORDom wrote: Well ive found the problem. It seems only one of the two throttle cables are working. On one of them, the plastic clip had broken, so it had no contact with the valve to open the T/b
Hopefully its not too expensive from ford. The one with the plastic clip is probably your cruise control cable. The other is your throttle cable. Maybe check if the butterfly is opening all the way. But I can't see how a broken cruise control cable clip can cause these problems your describing?????????
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hmm ok.. so its just the cruise cable that broke? i haven't tried if the cruise control works, so ill replace that plastic bit and see how i go.
could still be stuck on the short runners as previously mentioned, but how do i go about fixing this? ill also see if the butterfly is opening/closing as it should. I took the intake pipe off today, and it seemed clean, but i never got someone to floor the pedal to see if its functioning properly. thanks, |
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