Marty86
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- Aug 1, 2008
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- Location
- Fort Worth, TX
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Vehicle
- Bronco II
- Suspension Style
- 4wd
1988 BII 4x4 5spd
First off, this is my father in laws truck. He's left it at my house to figure it out.
Been having a couple issues with the truck starting. You can drive around for a while, park, go in someplace and come back out and it won't start. Then, once you get starting, it's likely he'll just die when you are on the road heading to the next place. After waiting 10-15 minutes it'll finally start back up and you'll be fine until the next time.
This is what he told me. When I got it, it immediately started and didn't give me any issues. I took it for a test drive, no problems. The next day I had a doctor visit, so I drove it there. Came back out, wouldn't start. (I was in the Doctor's office 45ish-1 hour). After a bit of trying, attempting to see if the fuel inertial switch was tripped, it finally fired off.
Drove about 8-10 minutes, and was on a bridge overpass heading (stuck in traffic) and it dies. Luckily this is one of the few bridges that have a full width shoulder. I push it over to the side (thankfully on the downward slope...would have been a pain otherwise) and try to start it a couple times. No go. After about 10-15 minutes, it finally starts. I jet over to the next exit and put in $20 of fuel just in case it was too low (fuel gauge hasn't worked in years, we just use mileage and it's never left us stranded)
Got all the way home, no problem. On the drive back, I noticed the temp gauge was stopped between C and the line below N. I knew this couldn't be right, and remembered was like this on my test drive from the other day. So I changed out the coolant temp sender. Now it QUICKLY shows it to run hot...at least, it sits between N and O. Typically it's sat right at M.
After it cooled down, I popped the cap and reved the engine. It sucked in water quickly, and it came back when I stopped revving it. So I'm thinking the water pump is working. Since I drove it over 45mph, and still got hot, I am assuming it's not the fan clutch. Father in law said he recently replaced the thermostat, and I confirmed this (and resealed it too, so it doesn't leak)
Any thoughts on what this could be? He needs to get the BII back so he doesn't have to drive his diesel every day (diesel owners know the $4.29 gal pain here in Texas...)
HELP!!!:icon_twisted:
First off, this is my father in laws truck. He's left it at my house to figure it out.
Been having a couple issues with the truck starting. You can drive around for a while, park, go in someplace and come back out and it won't start. Then, once you get starting, it's likely he'll just die when you are on the road heading to the next place. After waiting 10-15 minutes it'll finally start back up and you'll be fine until the next time.
This is what he told me. When I got it, it immediately started and didn't give me any issues. I took it for a test drive, no problems. The next day I had a doctor visit, so I drove it there. Came back out, wouldn't start. (I was in the Doctor's office 45ish-1 hour). After a bit of trying, attempting to see if the fuel inertial switch was tripped, it finally fired off.
Drove about 8-10 minutes, and was on a bridge overpass heading (stuck in traffic) and it dies. Luckily this is one of the few bridges that have a full width shoulder. I push it over to the side (thankfully on the downward slope...would have been a pain otherwise) and try to start it a couple times. No go. After about 10-15 minutes, it finally starts. I jet over to the next exit and put in $20 of fuel just in case it was too low (fuel gauge hasn't worked in years, we just use mileage and it's never left us stranded)
Got all the way home, no problem. On the drive back, I noticed the temp gauge was stopped between C and the line below N. I knew this couldn't be right, and remembered was like this on my test drive from the other day. So I changed out the coolant temp sender. Now it QUICKLY shows it to run hot...at least, it sits between N and O. Typically it's sat right at M.
After it cooled down, I popped the cap and reved the engine. It sucked in water quickly, and it came back when I stopped revving it. So I'm thinking the water pump is working. Since I drove it over 45mph, and still got hot, I am assuming it's not the fan clutch. Father in law said he recently replaced the thermostat, and I confirmed this (and resealed it too, so it doesn't leak)
Any thoughts on what this could be? He needs to get the BII back so he doesn't have to drive his diesel every day (diesel owners know the $4.29 gal pain here in Texas...)
HELP!!!:icon_twisted: