1988 2.3l.. Please help me!!
ok here we go. I got an 88 ranger with a blown head gasket. After taking it apart and redoing all gaskets from the head up, and fuel injectors (i got injectors used to save money) i couldnt get the timing quite right. finally I got the timing straightened out and the truck started. Then it would start up idle up to about 1000 rpm for about 30-60 seconds and then drop to about 700 and it wanted to stall out.
i took the idle air control valve apart cleaned it as best i could. This seemed to help the idling problem. now it idles up to 1000 and drops to 800 but its steady and doesnt seem like its wanting to die out. But now when ever i put it into gear and give it ANY gas at all the RPMs drop from 1000 to 500 and it trys to stall. it will occasionally jump to 1500 then to 3000 rpm but it drops right back down to 500-600 and wants to die again. this is all while holding the gas peddle to the floor. its also over heating really quickly. My temp guage isnt working to i dont know exactly how hot its getting but i it enough to burn yourself on the coolant hose from the thermostat to the radiator after just 5 minutes of running at a low idle.
only thing i can think of would be possibly a bad injector and its trying to flood out the engine?
Please any advice would be great, before i light this thing on fire and roll it into the ocean.
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'89 Ford Ranger - 2.9L 4x4 - 5 Speed
Last edited by Justin_Apperson; 12-16-2014 at 06:15 PM.
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