Hi I'm new here so please don't flame the Noob too much
I have a 94 F150 (2wd, 5.0) and it has me in a bit of a pickle.
Was driving through town a few months ago and it acted like it was running our of gas. Pulled it over and replaced the fuel filter. That didn't work, so I towed it home and pulled the fuel pump. New pump installed. It would start up fine, but ran really rough.
Found a small leak in my timing chain cover gasket so I pulled it and replaced it (as well as putting a new timing chain set in while it was down). Also found my dual core radiator was leaking at the filler neck so I put the old stock radiator back in. I also did a quick tune up with new plugs and an oil change. When I pulled the plugs I found that the number 4 plug (last on the back passenger side of engine) was slightly fouled with oil. After changing the plugs and oil it ran much better. But still had a problem. It will idle beautifully, drive well, but randomly I will lose all acceleration, literally floor board the gas with no results. It doesn't die though. After a second it catches and I'm back off to the races. It also heats up a little more than usual,but then again the radiator I put back in is smaller.
But it does it pretty frequently, every half mile to a mile. Obviously I havent driven it out of the neighborhood for that reason.
Some issues to note... The rear tank ended up getting a hole in it so we dropped it and plugged up the lines. Noticed a slight drip at idle when I changed the filter out on the side of the road.
Also the valve cover gasket is leaking some oil (in the same spot my plug got fouled).
Any words of advice would be great. I am not a mechanic by any means. I have a pretty good grasp on how to replace things and what not, but diagnosis is not something I have experience in. A mechanic buddy of my grandfather says it sounds like the engine needs replaced. But I hope its just something I missed.
Thanks!
I have a 94 F150 (2wd, 5.0) and it has me in a bit of a pickle.
Was driving through town a few months ago and it acted like it was running our of gas. Pulled it over and replaced the fuel filter. That didn't work, so I towed it home and pulled the fuel pump. New pump installed. It would start up fine, but ran really rough.
Found a small leak in my timing chain cover gasket so I pulled it and replaced it (as well as putting a new timing chain set in while it was down). Also found my dual core radiator was leaking at the filler neck so I put the old stock radiator back in. I also did a quick tune up with new plugs and an oil change. When I pulled the plugs I found that the number 4 plug (last on the back passenger side of engine) was slightly fouled with oil. After changing the plugs and oil it ran much better. But still had a problem. It will idle beautifully, drive well, but randomly I will lose all acceleration, literally floor board the gas with no results. It doesn't die though. After a second it catches and I'm back off to the races. It also heats up a little more than usual,but then again the radiator I put back in is smaller.
But it does it pretty frequently, every half mile to a mile. Obviously I havent driven it out of the neighborhood for that reason.
Some issues to note... The rear tank ended up getting a hole in it so we dropped it and plugged up the lines. Noticed a slight drip at idle when I changed the filter out on the side of the road.
Also the valve cover gasket is leaking some oil (in the same spot my plug got fouled).
Any words of advice would be great. I am not a mechanic by any means. I have a pretty good grasp on how to replace things and what not, but diagnosis is not something I have experience in. A mechanic buddy of my grandfather says it sounds like the engine needs replaced. But I hope its just something I missed.
Thanks!