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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 07:37 PM
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Running Like Crap

I have a 1994 f-150 with a 5.8 that generally runs good. Here within the last few months it's been acting really strange. It has a 5spd and when going through the gears i've been noticing kind of a dead spot in the rpms range. It will climb rpms but very slowly and then all at once it will take off like a bat out of hell. I just replaced the tps on it today and it did no good . Any suggestions?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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Are the plugs and wires good? How long since it had air filter and fuel filter. Might want to see if there are any trouble codes stored.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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plugs were changed about april i'm going to try wires this weekend,fuel filter was last fall,and just cleaned the k&n last night. thanks for the ideas can you think of anything else just in case that doesn't work.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2009 | 01:13 PM
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Try pulling any trouble codes that might be stored. If you don`t have a code reader go to fordfuelinjection.com and from the list on the right click on OBD1 self test for instructions on how to without one.
 
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