02 vic help

Fishers Stang · **02 vic help NEW vid...**

please... As ya'll know i have a 2002 vic, P71. last week we had a bad rain storm, and leaving BSU with my buddy behind me in his 98 F150, hit some good size water and humm lets say I should of not drove in the water...

but even be4 I drove in the big water, i felt (it has rained hard all week here) the motor a little slugish, like when i was 40-50mph it would feel like it could not fig out the gear to be in... tranny is fine. and now when i hit the gas harder then slow, (norm. driving to full all the way) my car studders, and it died 2 times under wot, and once just when i tapped the gas a little harder... also my check engine light came on, (I have been 2 busy to have it checked, this started tues. night drove in the floods, wed, thurs i drove it to work, had the light sluggish in the speeds at 40-50, and friday night, i left to go to Ball state univ, and it died once, then my check engine lght came on, then when i got to BSU it died going to dinner, then i have takin it easy, and then thats when i picked up my stang to drive sat afternoon, sat night hit a dang Dog.... neways, see other topic about that.. but any ideas abuot the vic? i am going to take it to autozone after wook monday and read the light, but i also changed the air filter tues be4 the floods, and then Oil wed night and put a new belt on the car. other probs have been my batt light flickers when it gets sluggish ......

OK here is a vid... anyideas now? it started back up just fine after it died, pulled into a parkin lot, put it in N then started back up

Fishers Stang · FDNY 343 9-11-01

wow thanks guys....... fell like a dang noob.

lowflyn · 01-17-2005, 09:36 PM

Hm...I dunno man. Have you carried it by autozone yet? I'd take the spark plug wires off the distributor, let that dry off good. Take the spark plugs out and make sure everything dries out real good. Otherwise..I dunno

Fishers Stang · FDNY 343 9-11-01

autozone said, i have 2 codes, one is cyl 5 is miss fire, and i have a fuel prob. could be the cap(its on there fine) filter, inj., idk....

01mineralgrey6 · 01-18-2005, 11:02 PM

could be a coil pack possibly

Rick0636 · 01-19-2005, 01:06 PM

If that engine is like the GT engine, it has separate coils on each cylinder, so it could be that coil, but it does not have coil packs like on the V6s. As for the fuel problem, it would be real nice if you fuel cap was just loose, I put an aftermarket fuel cap on my V6 one time, kept getting fuel codes all the time, went and got a factory fuel cap and it got rid of the problem.

01mineralgrey6 · 01-19-2005, 01:18 PM


Quote: Originally Posted by Rick0636 If that engine is like the GT engine, it has separate coils on each cylinder, so it could be that coil, but it does not have coil packs like on the V6s. As for the fuel problem, it would be real nice if you fuel cap was just loose, I put an aftermarket fuel cap on my V6 one time, kept getting fuel codes all the time, went and got a factory fuel cap and it got rid of the problem.

thats what i meant, just a previous experience with a buddys GT and alittle water. the nuber 7 coil went bad and it idled rough, etc.

Rick0636 · 01-19-2005, 04:36 PM

Cool, yeah that could happen.

Fishers Stang · FDNY 343 9-11-01

thanks guys, from www.crownvic.net they told me somemore things, and its a common prob with Vics and that #5 cyl (and COP) to get wet

so this weekend i am going to tear it apart and look around... kinda sucks I have to drive the stang with 1-4" of snow going to be here tonight and this weekend.

**MonteCitan** · 01-26-2005, 06:08 PM

could very well be your fuel pump

they go bad ALL THE TIME on cop cars (we get tons of warranty crown vic police cars at my shop..) - it'll feel like it doesn't know what gear its in, if you punch it around 25-30 MPH to downshift to second it'll rev and rev (commonly, doesn't mean yours will).. (don't let it rev.. you have no rev limiter lol) it'll also hesitate, be sluggish, etc..

with a lift, it takes me less than 20 minutes to swap out a fuel pump.. all you have to do is pry the exhaust out of the way for one bolt, then the other way to slide the module out.. the rest are cake to get to

Fishers Stang · FDNY 343 9-11-01


Quote: Originally Posted by MonteCitan could very well be your fuel pump they go bad ALL THE TIME on cop cars (we get tons of warranty crown vic police cars at my shop..) - it'll feel like it doesn't know what gear its in, if you punch it around 25-30 MPH to downshift to second it'll rev and rev (commonly, doesn't mean yours will).. (don't let it rev.. you have no rev limiter lol) it'll also hesitate, be sluggish, etc.. with a lift, it takes me less than 20 minutes to swap out a fuel pump.. all you have to do is pry the exhaust out of the way for one bolt, then the other way to slide the module out.. the rest are cake to get to

WOW your good! yeah I changed the plugs, all looked BAD! GAP's were over .60

and it runs better, BUT when i get on it, or drivin about 30-40 its sluggish, has not reved up yet, but feels like it cant fig out what gear... man your right on the nail.. how hard would it be for me (no lift) to change that? ir get raped @ ford and let them do it?

BTW thanks, and anything else that i should know about? OO and my batt light flickers now, i am going to take a vid tonight when i drive it someplace to show you..

thanks bud also the 2 pics, plug # 5 is the one with my finger on it.

Js281GT · 02-21-2005, 12:17 PM

Looks like the problem might be solved.

Fishers Stang · FDNY 343 9-11-01


Quote: Originally Posted by Js281GT Looks like the problem might be solved.

nope still probs not as bad, weather has been no snow so i have been drivin the mustang, the stang and Vic will be sold be4 May 19 of this year... ( going to buy a 2002+ Mustang gt...)