[90mustangowner]

Alright, before parking my 1990 mustang for the summer I started noticing a problem on "hot" starts. I put quotations because i have let it sit an hour or two and it still does it sometimes. Basicly I will start the engine and let it do It's thing to warm up. Within about 30 seconds the engine speed will decrease and it sounds like It's getting no fuel. Revving the engine does not solve this nor does starting to move. I wait for 10 seconds and it starts running normally again. The few times it happened to me before i parked it the weather was warm but not even close to hot, no more then 70 degrees. I would like to get this solved before winter comes along as I need a decent winter vehicle. Another thing I should mention is that after it is done doing it I smell fuel but not during.

 

[mg man 75]

I would pull the codes, see what that says. Also a no start with a 2.3 distributor is usually the TFI mounted on side of distributor. They have a history of no start because of heat. If replacing make sure to use heat conducting paste. Maurice

 

[90mustangowner]

What's the best way to pull codes? Isn't there someday to do it with the check engine light blinking? I was reading up on the tfi and I was going to do that, but unfortunately I won't necessarily know until I park my summer car and drive it everyday. The reason i thought this might be different is that i have no trouble starting it.

 

[mg man 75]

Fuel Injection Technical Library » How To Run a Self-Test How to test. Company had a 87 ford service truck that would die down the road and turned out to be the TFI. Also something to check is the vac line on the fuel regulator. If fuel is in it. Regulator is bad. Maurice

 

[90mustangowner]

Thanks Maurice I'll look into that. Unfortunately I won't know until September or November if it worked or not!

 

[seif5034]

Sounds similar to what my 93 was doing. It turned out to be an issue with my MAF

 

[90mustangowner]

Does the 90 have a maf? I seem to think it doesn't. I haven't even removed the silencer yet and the air filter is just replaced so it shouldn't be an air flow issue