OK.....I call upon my Mustang brothers and sisters for advice. Because this is becoming beyond a joke now. It is maddening. And will likely, if it cannot be solved, force me to unload Blue Thunder before it breaks me emotionally and financially......
My fuel pressure problem has resurfaced. I was attending a car show about 65 miles from me in Clearwater, FL. Normally my FP gauge reads about 38 at idle and 40-ish running down the interstate. Under boost I hit about 50 or a bit more. And that's what she was doing during most of the trip. However, say about 50 miles in, FP never went higher than 42. Even under boost. Now, I could make boost, which when this occured last time, around a year ago before I had all the fuel lines redone, I could not do. So the new fuel lines that I had run fixed part of this problem.
I got to the show fine. The car sat for about 5 hours, and when I fired up to go home, it was back to normal. And for 50 miles of mostly interstate driving, all was fine. But the last 15 were the same story.......couldn't make more than 40-ish PSI on the gauge. Oh, and just as the problem occurs, both times, I get a very VERY strong raw fuel smell. That's my signal that Blue Thunder has crapped the bed again.
Folks, this is a problem I've been chasing since July of 2015!!!!!! The whole fuel system has been replaced with a kit from Lethal Performance to covert to return-style system. The tank is new. The injectors are new. The fuel rail is new. The lines were just redone with braided lines a few months ago. The twin pumps are new.....Lethal even replaced the originals with new ones for free. The whole wiring harness and relays have been redone. I think the only part left from the kit that hasn't been touched is the FP regulator on the fender well.
The shop I use wants to check the fuel filter......might be clogged. The car does sit a lot.....mostly due to my health and the fact I work and don't get to take the car out much. Maybe some crap got in the filter. But then why does it work for a while and then not?
I've gotten suggestions from something in the evap system, to a leaky injector, to an issue with the regulator, to a vacuum leak. Maybe something overheats under load in the wiring and shuts down a pump? But then why only one pump? Why not both? Both do have their own separate relays and such.
I call on my more mechanical Mustang Brothers. HELP!!!!!! Because like I said......I'm not prepared to keep dumping money at this. And I'm not prepared to keep insuring and registering a doorstop I can't drive 50 miles without sweating over will it get me there, or get me home.
Anybody?
My fuel pressure problem has resurfaced. I was attending a car show about 65 miles from me in Clearwater, FL. Normally my FP gauge reads about 38 at idle and 40-ish running down the interstate. Under boost I hit about 50 or a bit more. And that's what she was doing during most of the trip. However, say about 50 miles in, FP never went higher than 42. Even under boost. Now, I could make boost, which when this occured last time, around a year ago before I had all the fuel lines redone, I could not do. So the new fuel lines that I had run fixed part of this problem.
I got to the show fine. The car sat for about 5 hours, and when I fired up to go home, it was back to normal. And for 50 miles of mostly interstate driving, all was fine. But the last 15 were the same story.......couldn't make more than 40-ish PSI on the gauge. Oh, and just as the problem occurs, both times, I get a very VERY strong raw fuel smell. That's my signal that Blue Thunder has crapped the bed again.
Folks, this is a problem I've been chasing since July of 2015!!!!!! The whole fuel system has been replaced with a kit from Lethal Performance to covert to return-style system. The tank is new. The injectors are new. The fuel rail is new. The lines were just redone with braided lines a few months ago. The twin pumps are new.....Lethal even replaced the originals with new ones for free. The whole wiring harness and relays have been redone. I think the only part left from the kit that hasn't been touched is the FP regulator on the fender well.
The shop I use wants to check the fuel filter......might be clogged. The car does sit a lot.....mostly due to my health and the fact I work and don't get to take the car out much. Maybe some crap got in the filter. But then why does it work for a while and then not?
I've gotten suggestions from something in the evap system, to a leaky injector, to an issue with the regulator, to a vacuum leak. Maybe something overheats under load in the wiring and shuts down a pump? But then why only one pump? Why not both? Both do have their own separate relays and such.
I call on my more mechanical Mustang Brothers. HELP!!!!!! Because like I said......I'm not prepared to keep dumping money at this. And I'm not prepared to keep insuring and registering a doorstop I can't drive 50 miles without sweating over will it get me there, or get me home.
Anybody?