hey everybody, Hope you're all having a good day! i just need your help with a couple of things here. Y'know that hose that runs from the side of the air filter to the back left corner of the engine compartment? Its about 8 inches long. Mines got a big gash in it so its probably pretty useless at this stage. Can you replace it with just any old piece of tubing? The other thing is, whenever I step on the gas when the car is at idle there is a lag of about a second or two between me pushing down on the pedal and the car actually moving. In reverse its more noticable as I'll have my foot halfway down to the floor before the car jumps back. Any ideas on how to fix this? The cars automatic by the way. And one more thing, when do you think its time for a new radiator? Mines getting kinda green! Thanks a lot guys
I dont know anything about automatics so I cant help you there. But that tube your talking about is still available from Ford. Part #D4ZZ9D667A for a 40" piece.
The lag could be caused by either a bad timing or no good accelerater pump, when it lags does it back fire, or does it just almost wana die or does it just sorta idle then go. If it back fires its your timing , if it almost dies its your accelerater pump if it idles then goes it could be your float or a number of few other thing but it would be easyier to say when you say what enine you have.
if the engine revs up right away, it is not anything more than (hopefully ) being low on tranny fluid. if the engine hesitates, do like the other guys have said. if you need tranny fluid, i am pretty sure you should use type F transmission fluid.
Yeah its a 200 1 1-bbl straight six. The car doesnt back fire but it has died on me a few times. It just idles than moves, it doesnt seem to be that big a problem yet. Just wondering if its a sign of something more serious that'll cause hassle down the road!
This could also be a leaking vacuum hose to the Tranny modulator or a lack of Vacuum caused by other leaking hoses. The fact that you have to give it gas to get it to move says you may not have enough vacuum at idle, hence the leaking hose diagnosis.
is the accelerator pump in the carb squirting? if not is the linkage to it off? or possibly internal passage is plugged?
Yeah everything looks pretty much fine in those departments. Im not too good with engines so i'll propably just get my mechanic friend to come over and take a look during the week. I thought i might be able to sort it out myself though. hey, im still learnin! Anway, anybody know where theres a good source of technical engine diagrams on the internet? Like maybe of the six I got in my mav?
If your carb is the Carter RBS model (I'm not sure if any of the 200 ci engines came with them or not, but they might have), then I would be inclined to think the problem is in the accelerator pump. The pump on the RBS is a bit finicky, I spent quite a while with mine before things got cold here trying to adjust it, and still didn't get it quite right. Hope this helps...
I betting it's the accelerator pump on the carb as well. When it warms up this spring, I am going have to address it on one of the Mavericks that I have.
Im going to go with bad accelerater pump but i could also be clogged fuel filter i rebuilt my hole carb before i found out it was the fuel filter
I replaced my fuel filter to see if that would fix my hesitation… and I ended up having to put in a larger fuel filter, because I broke off the threads in the carb… had to re drill and replace with a larger fuel filter….. So would I get hesitation with a larger fuel filter… or would I have to re-a-just the float setting? Or is it my accelerator pump (and spring)….and if its my accelerator pump, could I just find the necessary pieces individually?
Just go out to any autoparts supplyer and pick up an overhaul kit for your carb(about $15) it will have a new accelerater pump in it just put it on and see if that fixes it if not rebuild your carb never hurts
