My 89 5.0 5spd doesn't start
#16
#17
Oil in the cylinders to clear a flooded engine? That makes things worse as you now have oil coating the spark plugs along with gas.
Best thing to do, is pull all the spark plugs out and disconnect the ignition coil so it will not cause a fire. Hold the throttle wide open and crank a few seconds, wait a miniute then crank again with throttle open. That should clear a bady flooded engine.
While you have the plugs out, clean them off with brake clean and check the gap or replace them if they are old. Reinstall the plugs and verify the timing order. Then try starting. If still no start then recheck for spark and fuel pressure.
#19
#21
If your engine was that flooded then oiling the cylinders will be good, just leave out the spark plugs and spin the engine over to clear out the exess oil. I heard others say to use Seafoam insted of oil.
While you have the gas tank down, It will be a good ideal to purge out the fuel lines and put and new filter in too. You will have 2 fuel pumps in your truck. The one in the tank is a low pressure one that feeds the high pressure pump mounted on the frame rail right under the driver's side. The HP pump will not prime itself so you will not feel a vacuum on the line.
Best to replace the plugged injectors, but search the forums here about cleaning them.
#22
If your engine is really flooded out, putting oil in the cylinder will just add to the mess inside the cylinder. Gas will evaporate usually over night but oil stays behind.
If your engine was that flooded then oiling the cylinders will be good, just leave out the spark plugs and spin the engine over to clear out the exess oil. I heard others say to use Seafoam insted of oil.
While you have the gas tank down, It will be a good ideal to purge out the fuel lines and put and new filter in too. You will have 2 fuel pumps in your truck. The one in the tank is a low pressure one that feeds the high pressure pump mounted on the frame rail right under the driver's side. The HP pump will not prime itself so you will not feel a vacuum on the line.
Best to replace the plugged injectors, but search the forums here about cleaning them.
If your engine was that flooded then oiling the cylinders will be good, just leave out the spark plugs and spin the engine over to clear out the exess oil. I heard others say to use Seafoam insted of oil.
While you have the gas tank down, It will be a good ideal to purge out the fuel lines and put and new filter in too. You will have 2 fuel pumps in your truck. The one in the tank is a low pressure one that feeds the high pressure pump mounted on the frame rail right under the driver's side. The HP pump will not prime itself so you will not feel a vacuum on the line.
Best to replace the plugged injectors, but search the forums here about cleaning them.
#24
The inertia switch is not tripped (first thing I checked) I have gone and changed so many parts and my gut told me it was the injectors so I pulled the rail and sure enough all eight are plugged (truck sat for a few years + PO never used injector cleaner in it.
#25
Stock injectors will be good, unless you do major changes to the engine that needs bigger injectors(also ECU reprogrammed for bigger injectors). 19lbs I think are stock size injectors.
Also check out the fuel pump relay and ECU relay, they are near the brake master cylinder and airfilter box. I have had 2 of them donk out on me. The ECU relay was intermittant and took almost a year to find it! Only when it hard faulted I was able to track it down! What happen was water got inside them as the previous owner broke the holder the relays sit in.
Also check out the fuel pump relay and ECU relay, they are near the brake master cylinder and airfilter box. I have had 2 of them donk out on me. The ECU relay was intermittant and took almost a year to find it! Only when it hard faulted I was able to track it down! What happen was water got inside them as the previous owner broke the holder the relays sit in.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
dozer66
Small Block V8 (221, 260, 289, 5.0/302, 5.8/351W)
4
11-29-2008 08:43 AM
lwbrazee
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
10
04-01-2005 09:21 AM
trk98
1987 - 1996 F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks
3
06-13-2004 06:05 PM