cut it off and absolutely refuses to restart,until.... (long)

08-14-2001, 11:16 AM

I've had my 88GT for about 5 months now, and twice, it's done this to me. The first time was about four months ago right in the middle of a "cruise night", OF ALL PLACES!! I was backing out verrrry slloooowwly because it was so crowded and my car died. I thought maybe I just accidentally killed it, no biggy, but then I went to immediately restart it but it wouldn't fire up! I smelled gas after trying to start it a few times. I checked for spark, fine. I checked the lines for fuel, fine. I had no idea what to do and since I didn't know hardly anything about EFI, I called some fellow stangers over and they couldn't figure it out either. So, I went back to the very basics. Fuel, Fire, Air. I had fuel, I had spark. I pulled the air intake off of the MAF, and it started just fine with the exception of all of the white smoke from the tailpipes from the fuel buildup. I just assumed that it was a coincidence and it didn't do it again, so I never worried about why that worked until yesterday. I pulled into a gas station, and got in line behind another car and cut mine off. I was almost out of gas, but not completely empty. When he moved, I tried to start my car and again, it wouldn't fire up. I then realized, I didn't hear the fuel pump priming. After popping the hood and making sure I didn't melt my solenoid or anything like that, I remembered what had happened a few months ago, and pulled the air intake off of the MAF. Again, if fired up. WHY?!?!?!? Is my fuel pump dying? This makes no sense to me. What's the deal with this air intake thing? The air intake isn't the same as it was the last time either. I had Moroso Cold Air the first time it happened and now I have Homemade Ram Air. If anyone could let me know what might be the problem, it would be great. SORRY SO LONG!!

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Dave & Robin 88 GT, T5
306, polished crank, Speed Pro Powerforged pistons, ARP rod bolts, underdrive pulleys, cold air induction, 73mm MAF, Xtreme Energy Cam, 3.73's, 1 5/8 unequal length headers, Offroad H-pipe, 2 chamber flowmasters, turn-downs, King Cobra Clutch, Steeda adjustable clutch cable with firewall adjuster

08-14-2001, 11:16 AM	#1
D&R Stang Guest Posts: n/a	cut it off and absolutely refuses to restart,until.... (long) I've had my 88GT for about 5 months now, and twice, it's done this to me. The first time was about four months ago right in the middle of a "cruise night", OF ALL PLACES!! I was backing out verrrry slloooowwly because it was so crowded and my car died. I thought maybe I just accidentally killed it, no biggy, but then I went to immediately restart it but it wouldn't fire up! I smelled gas after trying to start it a few times. I checked for spark, fine. I checked the lines for fuel, fine. I had no idea what to do and since I didn't know hardly anything about EFI, I called some fellow stangers over and they couldn't figure it out either. So, I went back to the very basics. Fuel, Fire, Air. I had fuel, I had spark. I pulled the air intake off of the MAF, and it started just fine with the exception of all of the white smoke from the tailpipes from the fuel buildup. I just assumed that it was a coincidence and it didn't do it again, so I never worried about why that worked until yesterday. I pulled into a gas station, and got in line behind another car and cut mine off. I was almost out of gas, but not completely empty. When he moved, I tried to start my car and again, it wouldn't fire up. I then realized, I didn't hear the fuel pump priming. After popping the hood and making sure I didn't melt my solenoid or anything like that, I remembered what had happened a few months ago, and pulled the air intake off of the MAF. Again, if fired up. WHY?!?!?!? Is my fuel pump dying? This makes no sense to me. What's the deal with this air intake thing? The air intake isn't the same as it was the last time either. I had Moroso Cold Air the first time it happened and now I have Homemade Ram Air. If anyone could let me know what might be the problem, it would be great. SORRY SO LONG!! ------------------ Dave & Robin 88 GT, T5 306, polished crank, Speed Pro Powerforged pistons, ARP rod bolts, underdrive pulleys, cold air induction, 73mm MAF, Xtreme Energy Cam, 3.73's, 1 5/8 unequal length headers, Offroad H-pipe, 2 chamber flowmasters, turn-downs, King Cobra Clutch, Steeda adjustable clutch cable with firewall adjuster