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Quasi-Traction
"I have petals"
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1986 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
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 Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: Furd 3.0L vulcan V6. |
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anyone have any experience with one of these?
I'm about to head over to his place to look at it. Says it wasn't throwing any codes but was idling horribly, now it just cranks, and doesn't fire.
some preliminary research indicates that the DPFE is a common problem on these. The thing has about 98K on it.
When I know more, I'll post again.
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fiveoformula
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Location: OR
1988 Pontiac Formula
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| I was just messing with a 3.0L in a '93 Aerostar van, very rough idle. ended up being a few cracked out vacuum lines and one even popped off. DPFE is a common failure but check the EGR port too, they get clogged up. |
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RSFreak
The other "John"
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Location: Renton
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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I have a '94 Taurus with the 3.0L Vulcan. Mine runs perfect with about 106k on it. Of course 70k of that was my Grandpa's driving. Except for having to change out the starter every 2-3 months and the heater core going out I haven't had any problems with it. BTW, it is for sale! 
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'85 Camaro Berlinetta - IROC clone
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aaron_sK
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Joined: 23 Jan 2006
Posts: 8834
Location: Back in beautiful Tacompton
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Furd 3.0L vulcan V6. |
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| Quasi-Traction wrote: | | Says it wasn't throwing any codes but was idling horribly, now it just cranks, and doesn't fire. |
TFI car?
If so I'll bet you a nickel you could go over and start it right now. 
If it won't start check for spark. Thick film was a horrific idea, Ford actually got sued over it IIRC. |
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Quasi-Traction
"I have petals"
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Posts: 3873
Location: stumptown
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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replaced all 6 plugs (couple electrodes were pretty much melted away).
Got it to fire. Seemed to run pretty okay, no codes.
I love it when its something simple..... 
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redlava
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Location: Bremerton
1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
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| Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| Mines got 189k on it in my b3000 truck. I from what I have read 300k is fairly common. |
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BluFbdy
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Joined: 16 Jul 2010
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Location: Port Orchard WA
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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my mother in laws plugs in her taurus were toast lol allowable gap is like .42 and she wat sitting at about .98..... wonder why it ran funny lol and her pvc elbow had a big vac leak on it, apparently its problematic on them
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RSFreak
The other "John"
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Location: Renton
1989 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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I'm pretty sure mine has the original plugs. Wonder how much better it would run if I gave it a tune up?! Oh well, I'm selling it so the next owner can worry about that!
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