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Posted by white1990stang (Member # 2307) on :
 
Ok my car has done this befre and it went away on its own i think. when i turn to the left my car will sputter really bad like the fuel is cutting out or something. when i turn to the right it goes away. also what does pinging sound like.
 
Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by white1990stang:
Ok my car has done this befre and it went away on its own i think. when i turn to the left my car will sputter really bad like the fuel is cutting out or something. when i turn to the right it goes away. also what does pinging sound like.
like little metal balls in a tin can
 
Posted by blackmagic02GT (Member # 1786) on :
 
do you have a really heavy set of keys? sometimes it will mess up the inside of the ignition switch and cause that. Could also be a chaffed wire in the column.

[ March 25, 2004, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: blackmagic02GT ]
 
Posted by mtbaughs (Member # 4052) on :
 
Whats your battery voltage do when this happens? I'm guessing it drops way down into the red.

[ March 25, 2004, 09:37 PM: Message edited by: mtbaughs ]
 
Posted by mtbaughs (Member # 4052) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by blackmagic02GT:
do you have a really heavy set of keys? sometimes it will mess up the inside of the ignition switch and cause that. Could also be a chaffed wire in the column.
Certainly could be that as well. Check for any lose connections under the hood.
 
Posted by white1990stang (Member # 2307) on :
 
could it be my timing? i had it at like 14 a couple days agoand i put it backto 10 to see how it would run. tomorrow im gonna put it back to 14 and c if it helps.
 
Posted by DropTopFox (Member # 1689) on :
 
If it's pinging at 10, 14 will just make it worse. If that is your problem definately do not bump the timing up at any cost. You might have just got a bad batch of gas that is causing it to ping [Frown]
 
Posted by white1990stang (Member # 2307) on :
 
i found my stupid promblem! it was a damn spark plug wire arching on my header. it damn near went through the whole thing.
 
Posted by Black94 5.0 (Member # 655) on :
 
Time for some new plug wires, huh?.... [Big Grin]

Glad you figured it out and thanks for letting us know.... [patriot]
 




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