Sparky83
Virginia Chapter member
I can no longer say my fords have never left me stranded on the side of the road... Ive been driving the stang this week because the coolant reservoir tank cracked again on Lil Dually...I bought an aluminum one to replace it but it got backorder...
well since i couldnt wait for the new aluminum tank to arrive, i unfortunately had to get another plastic tank for the truck... my trusty little reliable back up vehicle (my stang) let me down today... spent an hr in creepy crawl traffic just to go 5 miles on my way home from work... then 10 mins on the highway doing 75.. (wait did i just type that out loud?? shhhhh) got within 3/10 of home and stopped to fill up... all was fine when i stopped.. but after i filled up and started her back up she ran a little crappy..since i was so close to home i figured id just limp it home and figure it out there.. figured i just had 3/10 left to go so should have been fine... what happens instead?? soon as i get on the busy road engine shuts right off... tried several times to start her again and nothing... had to call a roll back to tow me home.. (ironically me and the tow truck driver have the same nick name lol) when i got home i hooked the IDS up to the stang... nothing... no DTS every test i could run with it cleared fine.. go to try and crank it over again to see if i could get any running test data... fires right up no cough no sputter idled and reved fine just like it did when i first pulled into the station... im at a loss of what was wrong...
had a few suggest that either an air bubble got sucked in after filling up, it maybe vapor locked from sitting in the bumper to bumper and then getting on the highway or possibly either when i filled the tank it stirred up the tank in the stang and it sucked up some dirt or something came in from the fill stations tanks and plugged the lines.. either way i ended up stuck on the side of the road waiting for the tow truck...
so because i needed something for tomorrow, mom bought me a plastic replacement coolant tank for the truck so now thats on there till my aluminum one arrives..
well since i couldnt wait for the new aluminum tank to arrive, i unfortunately had to get another plastic tank for the truck... my trusty little reliable back up vehicle (my stang) let me down today... spent an hr in creepy crawl traffic just to go 5 miles on my way home from work... then 10 mins on the highway doing 75.. (wait did i just type that out loud?? shhhhh) got within 3/10 of home and stopped to fill up... all was fine when i stopped.. but after i filled up and started her back up she ran a little crappy..since i was so close to home i figured id just limp it home and figure it out there.. figured i just had 3/10 left to go so should have been fine... what happens instead?? soon as i get on the busy road engine shuts right off... tried several times to start her again and nothing... had to call a roll back to tow me home.. (ironically me and the tow truck driver have the same nick name lol) when i got home i hooked the IDS up to the stang... nothing... no DTS every test i could run with it cleared fine.. go to try and crank it over again to see if i could get any running test data... fires right up no cough no sputter idled and reved fine just like it did when i first pulled into the station... im at a loss of what was wrong...
had a few suggest that either an air bubble got sucked in after filling up, it maybe vapor locked from sitting in the bumper to bumper and then getting on the highway or possibly either when i filled the tank it stirred up the tank in the stang and it sucked up some dirt or something came in from the fill stations tanks and plugged the lines.. either way i ended up stuck on the side of the road waiting for the tow truck...
so because i needed something for tomorrow, mom bought me a plastic replacement coolant tank for the truck so now thats on there till my aluminum one arrives..