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Technical => Engine Tech => Topic started by: bossman on October 14, 2017, 01:10:12 PM

Title: My Thunderbird Died Driving On Road Please Help
Post by: bossman on October 14, 2017, 01:10:12 PM
I was driving the Tbird this morning and all of a sudden it just died without warning, car is an 84 Thunderbird with a 6 cyl motor and has a carb with throttle body fuel injectors ,I pulled the fuel line to the carb off and fuel was being supplied to the carb
I then disconnected the main cable that connects to the base of the carb and tried starting it again and it started and idled for appx 30 seconds then died on its own , any clues on what might be wrong with it?
Title: My Thunderbird Died Driving On Road Please Help
Post by: marianadeeps on October 30, 2017, 08:36:47 PM
Fuel pump, fuel pressure, injectors?  will it keep running if you give it some throttle?
Title: My Thunderbird Died Driving On Road Please Help
Post by: Moonmount on October 30, 2017, 08:52:03 PM
pump going bad is my guess had the same problems and the pump completely gave out not too long after
Title: My Thunderbird Died Driving On Road Please Help
Post by: Wagoner88 on January 08, 2018, 05:03:54 AM
Ignition switch
Title: My Thunderbird Died Driving On Road Please Help
Post by: CoogarXR on January 08, 2018, 07:08:10 AM
Test for fuel pressure and spark. The most common problem in our cars with stalling (especially if it restarts later) is the TFI (ignition) module.