460 Ford engine stalls when put in gear
Hi all y’all, Wouldn’t you know it, I’m ready to start out on a 900 mile journey and my previously good running 1994 Ford 460 V8 engine decides to act up. Here’s what I know: When I purchased the ...
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This goes with the "don't sweat the small stuff," but as I remember the fuel gauge is electronic based, it eithers works or it doesn't.
You may be right in it is a stuck float that will break free on it's own. Till then figure on 300 miles from fill up to 1/4 tank. That was pretty much what I got given an 80 gallon tank and mostly driving with a tail wind.
If you have overhead map lights keep an eye on those switches. Sometimes when you turn off the lights, but leave the main rocker switch "on" (on the dash) that is where the drain is coming from. The driver side rocker switch charges the relay which drains the battery even though the map lights are turned off.
BTW, if you can afford the SeaFoam more of it will surely help.
You may be right in it is a stuck float that will break free on it's own. Till then figure on 300 miles from fill up to 1/4 tank. That was pretty much what I got given an 80 gallon tank and mostly driving with a tail wind.
If you have overhead map lights keep an eye on those switches. Sometimes when you turn off the lights, but leave the main rocker switch "on" (on the dash) that is where the drain is coming from. The driver side rocker switch charges the relay which drains the battery even though the map lights are turned off.
BTW, if you can afford the SeaFoam more of it will surely help.
