I was driving my little man to school this morning,and the Sport was fine.We stopped at a red light,I slipped the shifter to first,took off (no hurry) at the green light....all is good.Then,I hit second,hit the gas,and nothing.No noise,no throttle response.Dead.I pulled over,waited a few seconds,and the car started right up....O.K....I went on to the school with no more troubles (traffic was slow anyway).After I dropped Alex off,I left and headed for the salvage yard.Before I could even get a mile,the car died again.What the......I coasted into an empty parking lot and tried to start the car...nothing.Waited a few seconds,started right up.I decided to go ahead and go home and check it out.About a mile later,on the way back to the house,the Sport died again.I pulled over....again,popped the hood,couldn't find any issues other than my steering pump was barfing fluid,so,I went another mile to Autozone (lifetime warranty pump),swapped the pump in their drive,and left for home (about 7 blocks away).As I left the parking lot and rounded the corner a couple of blocks away.died again.......This time though,something different.i heard something banging around that I didn't hear before,and I knew there was nothing in the trunk to cause it.I reached under the gas tank and hit it hard.I heard something.I got the Sport home,dropped the tank,and there was the problem....the baffle in the tank came apart from the tank itself.Soooo,I got Gayle's Accord and went to my favorite yard.He said $25.00 if I pulled the tank myself.Not a problem.I already had one pulled from when I pulled the 5.0 fule lines from a Bird a few months ago.I grabbed it from under the car (no tools necessary),and stopped by a Turbo Coupe (well stripped thanks to me),and grabbed the driver side seat back.Mine is suffering from the "lean"....anyway,got the tank home,cleaned it out,swapped the pump assembly and sending unit,the fuel filler tube grommet,and now,back in business.
Now to sum it all up.The Sport's fuel tank went bad,I replaced it.Lost most of my day off,but now,The Sport is happy,and all is good.
That's my Friday story to share.
And it ends well. That's the important part
Vinnie I think the Sport just wanted a Day Off.....:evilgrin:
Glad you found your problem and fixed it friend. :D
If the Sport wants a day off,all she has to do is ask.The tank is one of those "it's 21 years old !!!" parts.Stuff happens.Plus,that tank was from my blue T-Bird,and that car was the car of satan.Nothing but problems all the time.Looked great,but under that pretty exterior........the demons.Hey,that's my first wife.I'm glad she's gone,too.I have my Gayle and the Sport.I'm good.
Vinnie you do know in the Month of October they always say "Trick or Treat" :evilgrin:
Almost made me spit out my pepsi reading that. LOL
for such a common problem(from what ive read) thankfully i never had that happen to me, knock on wood.
thats probly the last thing i would think of if my car was running funny and stalling out.
Out of curiosity how did a baffle cause the stall condition????
tank is mounted naturally at an angle with the baffel positioned so it (ie- like a 1/2gal bowl) will hold gas. If you run your car low on fuel, upon acceleration, the fuel will slosh to the rear of the tank and fill the baffel up
I would venture to say that he was running on a low qty of fuel at the time to.
the baffel is , i think, tac welded in place and he is saying it basically came undone.
basically, his fuel pump was hingin in mid air with no fuel.
sound right vinnie?
good day you had im sure,, makes you feel like you know your car better than anyone eh? nice call on doing up a pump to !
Vinnie...we are about alike there...
I have a Nicole, and a Sport...and a Satan in my past..I mean an ex-wife. Important thing is I have a Nicole and Sport. :bowdown::rollin:Everything else doesn't matter.
Yep,that's it.Low fuel.....not really,about 1/3 of a tank.I suppose it was low enough.LOL.The bafle makes all the difference.I usually keep the tank full,so,either the baffle just came apart,or with a full tank all the time,I couldn't hear it banging around in the tank for who knows how long.If I wouldn't have heard that baffle hitting the inside of the tank,I'd still be diagnosing.The good part,it's all fixed and running great.The not so good,that money had to come from my "Sport fund",so,the head porting will have to wait a little longer.No big deal,the new engine is a "want",not a "need".It'll all come together,it always does in time.
I was just telling the truth.That blue car let me down no matter how hard I worked on it,no matter what new parts I'd install,it would fight me all the way.I always got complements on it,but the truth was,it wasn't meant to be,so,it's crushed and probably turned into a set of folding chairs by now.Do I need to send you a new bottle of Pepsi?LOL.
My blue Tbird had fuel issues after I swapped the HO into it. you had to keep it above half a tank, or on hard acceleration it would go lean and run out of fuel... Never did fix the issue, I just sold it....
Ah ok,you never mentioned the amount of fuel.
My old 88 used to do that when the fuel was low around corners if i gunned it.
I will keep an eye out when I get my 88 XR7. Thanx.
I'm always learning something new.
I think this is a first for everyone here, never heard of the baffel coming undone.
Ne neither,crazy problem,and not the first 50 things I would've thought of if I hadn't heard that noise.I have driven with a third tank of gas a lot,and under normal conditions (meaning a good welded baffle),no issues at all.She's back in shape now.
Vinnie, always hate losing a day off. But just for the record, my weekend went to heck also. Won't get into details, but it involved my TC, my oldest son, a cornfield, two shredded tires (both passenger side), two destroyed wheels, a 45 degree embankment/gulley with a total of 20 feet of drop, the local police, county sherrif, a $126 tow bill, another radiator, starter solenoid, and more time than I care to remember. And yes, we did pee test him when we got home. It was clean.
Jangus......he needs to buy his own car.I was pretty rough on my parents cars until I had to buy my own.I had a lot more appreciation after that.LOL.
He does actually posess a car of his own. We're currently finishing up a 2.3Turbo/5 speed swap into his 89 Mustang hatch. Tore out the 5.0 HO/automatic to do it. (don't panic, it was originally a 4 cylinder five speed car).
The police and my wife and I think he may have been ruffied, because his wallet is missing (along with the $250 he won in poker earlier that night) , and he has absolutely NO recollection of what happened after about 1:30 a.m.
That sucks.He'll remember some stuff eventually.The car is fixable,right?No frame or core support damage?
Well, it wasn't exactly a show car, but I do like it. However, after I get a replacement strut for the drivers side, and two 16" tires to replace the temporary 15" ten holes, I'll see how its driving then. I'm not too hopefull though, as the body gaps between the hood, fenders and doors are totally messed up, and the car pulls left and right when ever it wants, although that could be just an alignment.
In 18 months when the van's paid off, I'll be looking for a replacement.
I better never catch up with the idiots that did this though.
Pulling to the left and right intermittently may be a bent tie rod, or something to do with the steering is bad. Bet something is out of alignment, at the very least.
That's plumb nuts that he got roughed up, or whatever may have happened. Could've been a LOT worse than just the car getting damaged...cars can be replaced or rebuilt. People are a little more fragile. If you ever do meet up with the worthless turds that did it, give 'em a kick in the nuts from me! :punchballs: